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CHAPTER I. 



now TO REACH SARATOGA. 

Saratoga Springs lies between the Hudson and 
Mohawk rivers, and is the largest village, al- 
though not the county seat, of Saratoga county. 
Its population at the last census was 10,820, but 
its visitors number annually probably 60,000. 
Henc^e the various routes by which tourists may 
reach this Queen of Spas, is of the iirst import- 
ance. We will endeavor to place this before our 
readers in as plain, yet as concise a manner as 
possible. In two cases we shall give a description 
of the routes, viz: from the city of New York 
and fi'om the city of Boston. In other cases we 
shall merely give the routes, line of railroad and 
where connections may, and in some cases must 
be made. To give the reader a general idea where 
Saratoga is, must be our first point. 

It is near the eastern edge of New York, State 
and lies north from New York city 183 miles, 
from Boston west 230 miles, from Niagara 
Falls, south-east 312 miles, from Montreal due 
south 200 miles, from Philadelphia 274 miles 
Washington 412, and from Chicago, via Niagara 
Falls, 841 miles. 

The routes by both rail and boat are numerous 



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but they finally resolve themselves into two rail- 
roads; one the Delaware & Hudson Canal Go's 
railroad which runs through the town, and the 
other the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & AVestern, 
which has its terminus on Lake Avenue in Sara- 
toga. Our first route will be from 

NEW VORK TO SARATOGA. 

There is scarcely any doubt but that two-thirds 
of the visitors to this far famed watering place 
come from, or by way of New York. It is there- 
fore of the first importance, that the visitor should 
have the various routes fairly placed before him 
so that a choice may be made to suit his time or 
inclinations. Probably the first in order is the 

PEOPLES' EVENING LINE. 

of steamers running between New York and Al- 
bany. These magnificent steamers, the "Drew" 
and "St. John" leave (x)ier 41) North river, foot 
of Canal street. New York, daily, Sundays ex- 
cepted, at 6.00 p. m., arriving in Albany early 
next morning, in ample time to connect with 
trains for Saratoga. 

Continuing our river route the next in order is' 
the 

DAY LINE OF STEAMERS. 

The boats of this line leave (pier 39) North riv- 
er, foot of Vestry street, New York, daily except 
Sunday at 8.30 a. m., and pier foot of Twenty- 
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make several landings going up the river and. ar- 
rive in Albany to connect with evening trains for 
Saratoga. 

THE CITIZENS LIN 

These steamers leave New York daily, Satur- 
days excepted at O.CO -p. m. from pier 49 North 
river, foot of Leroy street. Tliis line comprises 
the new and swift steamers ''Saiatoga ' and "City 
of Troy/' which arrive in Troy the following 
morning in time to connect with througli trains 
north. 

On the Sunday-night trip the Troy boats stoj) 
at Albany to leave and take on passengers, the 
lines thus forming a daily line between New York 
and Albany. 

These three lines of steamboats have as line, it' 
not the linest equipment of any river transporta- 
tion company in tlie world, which, with courteous 
attendance, make these favorite routes with the 
traveling pul)lic. 

The New York Central and Hudson River Rail- 
road run throngh cars during the season direct 
from the d(^pot in 4'2nd street in New York to 
Saratoga and at all seasons make connections at 
Albany and Troy; time Hi hours. As this road 
takes the rivei' bank nearl}' the whole of the way 
to Albany, our description applies equally to this 
railroad as to the steamboats. 

The AVest Shore Railroad expect to be able to 



8 LEE'S GUIDE 

rnn trains through from New York to Saratoga 
during the summer. 

The Hudson river is too famous among the riv- 
ers of the world to require its geographical po- 
sition to be given. All the world knows that the 
great city of New York lies at its mouth; that it 
flows nearly south along the eastern counties of 
the State of New York; that it has its source in 
the Adirondack Mountains, three hundred miles 
from its mouth, and four thousand feet above the 
level of the sea. 

The best way to see the Hudson is from the 
deck of one of these fine steamboats that daily 
ascend and descend its current. Let the traveler 
get a position if j)ossible on the forward-deck, 
inasmuch as the scene is far more striking and ef- 
fective when both shores can be taken in at once; 
while the tiaveler thus placed has the opportunity 
of enjoying a succession of surprises that, amid 
the Highlands sjjecially, give zest to the picture. 

Leaving New York, the New Jersey shore 
forms the western bank. The first place to pass 
is Hoboken, famous for its German beer gardens, 
then come the Weehawken hills, after jmssing 
Spuyten Duyvil and Manhattanville, Ave come to 
Fort Washington on the east, and Fort Lee on 
the west bank. After Fort Lee come the Pali- 
sades. For a distance of twenty miles, on the 
western shore. 



TO SARATOGA. 9 

On tlie eastern shore however, is a different 
picture; first we come to Riverdale, then two 
miles further nortli to Yonkers, then Hastings, 
where Washington had his head-quarters in 1783, 
and twenty-l'our miles I'rom New York, Irvington, 
on the opposite side the monotonous palisades 
having disappeared we come to Nyack, a very 
picturesque town, opposite to which is Tarry- 
town. 

In its craft, the Hudson has attractions much 
greater than those of orher rivers. The Rhine is 
vacant and dull in this particular. Our Western 
rivers have little more than steamboats and a few 
rafts. On the Hudson there are grand steamboats, 
brilliant, bird-like yachts, great, broad-sailed 
sloops, groups of square barges, and vast fleets of 
canal-boats in tow; the variety and the number 
are so great that the scene is at all times anima- 
ted by them, and reminds one of the Mersey at 
Liverpool, or the Tliames near London 

We now come to Sing Sing, famous for its pris- 
on, and four miles further to Croton, from whose 
lake New York city receives its supx)ly of fresh 
water, and next comes the town of Peekskill. 

We now enter the Highlands, which, from 
this point to Newburg, a distance of seventeen 
miles, is unsurpassed by any river-scenery in the 
world. To our left is Dunderberg, or Thunder 
Mountain, whose steep sides are i^^iT^tually in 



10 LEE'S GUIDE 

Yoking gusts of wind and rain on its rugged and 
and bold crest. 

Near tliis point is a picturesque island, called 
lona, of some three hundred acres in extent, 
lying within a triangle formed by Dunderberg, 
Anthony's Nose, and Bear Mountain. Grapes 
are grown extensively upon the island, and the un- 
cultivated portion is a favorite picnic-ground for 
excursion-parties from New York. 

Next we come to West Point (fifty-one miles 
from Nev7 York), the world-known great Military 
Academy. 

Opposite to West Point, on the eastern bank, 
is the active village of Cold Sj^ring, w^hicli is fifty- 
four miles from New York. 

Night in the Highlands, indeed, is scarcely less 
lovely than the day. The liver breaks with the 
faintest murmur on the preCiiiitous shore; the 
walls of the mountains are an imi)enetrable black- 
ness, against which the starry path overhead 
looks the more lustrous. Trembling echoes strike 
the hill-sides plaintively, as a great steamer 
cleaves her way up the stream, or a tow-boat, 
with a string of canal-boats in her wake, strug- 
gles against the tide; while fleets of sailing-ves- 
sels drift past. 

The steamer now turns a little to the Avest, and 
runs toward Cornwall landing, which is fifty-six 
miles from New York. Cornwall is a charming 



TO SARATOGA. 11 

town, crowded with cottages and summer board- 
ino-.liouses. 

FisliMll Landing is sixty miles from New 
York. The Mattewan Creek here empties into 
the Hudson. The Dutchess & Cohimbia Railway 
terminates here. 

Neioburgli. — Opposite from Fishkill Landing 
and upon the declivity of a hill, is Newburgh. 
It has a population of eighteen thousand. Dur- 
ing the revolution, Newburgh was for some time 
the encampment of the American army, and 
there it was disbanded, June 23, 1783. 

Pouglilxeepsle^ seventy-five miles from New 
York, has a population of twenty- two thousand. 
It derives its name from the Indian word Apo- 
Jceep-sing, which signifies "safe harbor." The 
city is built partly on the hillside, but chiefly on 
an elevated plateau, in the rear of which is Col- 
lege Hill, five hundred feet above tide water. 

Next is Rhinebeck, with Rondout across the 
river, and one hundred and eleven miles from New 
York we reach Catskill, with its mountains, 
hotels, and falls. Six miles further to the town 
of Hudson, passing Athens, Coxsackie, Kinder- 
hook and Castleton, we reach the wharve at the 
city of Albany. 

Before Albany was incorporated, it was var- 
it)usly known as Beverwyck, AVilliamstadt, and 
New Orange. Its growth was exceedingly slow, 



12 LEE'S GUIDE 

and a hundred years from its incorporation could 
only boast of a population of ten thousand. 
But when Fulton succeeded in his experiments, 
and the steam-navigation of the Hudson became 
an accomplished fact, and when the Erie Canal 
was completed, and discharged immense loads of 
produce in the great basin, which is now the har- 
bor of hundreds of boats, Albany attracted an 
increase of more than fifty thousand to its popu- 
lation in less than fifty years. Two hundred 
years ago it was surrounded by wooden walls, 
with loop-holes for musketry, and six gates, the 
ruins of which were in existence until 1812; but 
now, with a poj)ulation of nearly seventy thous- 
and, it is laid out with handsome avenues and 
drives, and will soon possess one of the most 
magnificent legislative buildings in the world. 

Eight railways terminate in, or pass through 
it; its manufactories consist princij^ally of stove- 
foundries and breweries ; its sales of barley 
amount to over two million bushels a year, and 
its trade in lumber and cattle is equally large. 
The public buildings, besides the Capitol, include 
the celebrated Dudley Observatory,' the State 
Arsenal, the State Library, and the University. 
On the flats above the city is the Schuyler House, 
the home of the first mayor of Albany, and in 
the northern part is the Van Kensselaer Manor, 
the home of the first patroon — two of the most 
interesting historic houses in America. 



TO SARATOGA. 13 

We leave Albany by the Delaware and Hudson 
Canal Go's Railroad, whose trains run to and 
from the steamboat landings, and whose depot 
adjoins that of the N. Y. C & H. R. R., so that 
there is no need to fear missing connection, nor 
any trouble in the transfer of baggage. 

Six miles above Albany is Troy, a city with a 
population of nearly fifty thousand. It is an ac- 
tive thriving city, with many large manufactories, 
handsome churches, and elegant private resi- 
dences. 

Next is Waterford then Colioes^ sometimes 
called the ''City of Spindles." An immense 
water-2)oweris here formed by the Mohawk River, 
which makes a descent of a hundred feet. The 
Cohoes Falls, about a half-mile above the railroad 
bridge, have a perpendicular descent of forty 
feet. Here are situated numerous knitting and 
cotton mills, axe and edge-tool factories, which 
give a commercial importance to the city, and 
employment to thousands of operatives. 

Mechanicmlle^ thirteen miles from Troy, is a 
smart manufacturing town. A monument erected 
to the memory of Col. Ellsworth, of the famous 
Ellsworths Zouaves, will be found in the quiet 
cemetry on the hill. 

Passing Round Lake noted for its camp-meet- 
ings we come to 



14 LEE'S GUIDE 

BALSTON, 

which is twenty-six miles from Troy, and the 
county-seat of Saratoga County. The Kayader- 
osseras Creek, Avhich flows through the village, 
furnislies a line w^ater-power for the numerous 
paper-mills, emery-wheel w^orks, sash and box 
factories, &c., situated along its banks. 

The village has a population of about three 
thousand j^eople ; has many fine buildings, both 
public and private, and is supplied with pure 
water, and good schools, which render it a desira- 
ble location for a j)ermanent home. 

Ballston Spa derives its celebrity from the 
minej-al springs which flow here in great abund- 
ance. 

The artesian springs flow from a depth of six 
hundred feet through solid rock. The Sans Souci 
Hotel was built many years ago by Nicholas Low, 
and in its 23lan and surroundings does much credit 
to the taste and liberality of the proprietor. It 
is 160 feet long, with two wings extending back 
153 feet, and is calculated for the accommodation 
of one hundred and fifty boarders. The Sans 
Souci Spring, which is within the grounds of the 
hotel, is seven hundred feet deep. 

At Ballston an agent of the Saratoga Baggage 
Express generally joins the train, and in the seven 
miles run before arriving at Saratoga he goes 
through the train, soliciting baggage checks. 



TO SARATOGA. 15 

This company is recognized as a responsible con- 
cern and visitors need have no fear but that tlieir 
baggage will be safely delivered at their hotel or 
boarding-house within a very short time of their 
arrival. Their charges are also reasonable, being 
only twenty-five cents. 

BOSTON TO SARATOGA. 

The visitor in coming from, or by w^ay of 
Boston, must come by rail, unless he prefers the 
round-about way of going to New York, and 
then taking the river boats, but presuming he 
will take the shortest route, then he Avill come by 
the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and AVestern Rail- 
way, This company since last year have acquirf'd 
what was the Saratoga Lake Railway and have 
now a separate entrance and terminus on Lake 
avenue in Siiratoga Springs. Few, if any, roads 
are richer in objects of interest and beauty of 
scenery along their routes than the Boston, 
Hoosac Tunnel and Western. The road extends 
through a country de versified by mountains and 
valleys, blooming with well tilled farms, smiling 
with meadows and i)astures with all their delight- 
ful accompaniment of wild flowers, and sugges- 
tions of rural life, romantic in scenes of rugged 
clifl's, deep gorges and spots of traditional renown 
and rich in the variety of bustling towns, busy 
villages and cosy, quiet hamlets. Almost along 



16 LEE'S GUIDE 

tlie entire route the Hoosac river jmshes itself into 
notice ; now flowing quietly along by the side of 
the track, now rushing noisily over a stony 
bottom, now tumbling to pieces over the jagged 
edge of some minature precipice, now shining in 
an open meadow and now peeping, cool and dark, 
between narrow banks and overhanging trees, and 
disappearing from the gaze by a sudden turn in 
the road, and as suddenly ax)pearing again, all 
the while keeping company with the traveller, 
and refreshing one by its presence, until tlie 
lordly Hudson comes in view and the magnifi- 
cient scene at Mechanicville is spread before the 
sight. 

In giv'ing a description of the prominent effects 
along the route, mention must be made of that 
monument of faith and triumph of engineering 
skill, the Hoosac Tunnel. This tunnel took 
years upon years to make and the mishaps 
and disasters were neither ''few nor far be- 
tween," difficulties of every nature were met with, 
seemingly insurmountable at times ; bit by bit, 
the rock and dirt were removed, until the tunnel 
was an established fact and to-day thousands 
can relate the novel experience of riding miles 
through the heart of a great mountain' in 
perfect safety. Tlie tunnel cost literally a ''mint 
o' money" and the sacrilice at various periods, 
of nearly 200 lives. 



TO SARATOGA. 17 



Arriving at North Adams we find a thriving 
nianul'actaring town growing with ahnost Western 
rapidity. It has been named "- TheTnnnel City " 
and is widely known for its enterprise and the 
sociability of its people, its lovely natural sur- 
roundings, its fine hotels, elegant church edilices 
and admirable schools. The j)opulation is about 
12,000. Leaving the handsome union depot, we 
roll through the ''little ^ tunnel '' past the 
"gingham ground" (m the right, the village 
cemetery on the left, the grounds of the agricul- 
tui'al society, again to the right, and then on we 
speed by Bragionville^ to Blackintoii, a ])retty 
little village of 1,000 inhabitants. We next 
come to WllUaiJiStoioii, quite a model village, a 
well known summer resort and the seat of Wil- 
liams' College. 

Passing Poional a farming section where the 
crops are raised on the sides of the hills, we come 
to North Pownal, a very pretty place and on to 
Peter shiirgh Junction, where a connection is 
made with the Harlem extension to Bennington and 
other points north. Two or three miles further on 
we come to Jloosac (piite a romantic looking village 
and then on to Jloosac Falls. This is by far the 
most important way station on the route, and is 
making very ia[)i(l pi'ogress. The popub.tioii at 
present being from 5,000 to 6,000. The curve at 
this point over a high-made bank gives a fine 



18 * LEE'S GUIDE 

view of the falls. Hathaioay, is a flag station 
from which we run to Eagle Bridge. At this 
point a junction is made with the Delaware and 
Hudson, Rutland and Washington branch, then 
to Bieslie7iS,ii faimingvillage and to JolinsonTille^ 
quite a manufacturing centre, then to Valley 
Falls^ with its cotton, grist and saw mills and 
about nine miles from Mechanicville is Schagh- 
ticdke a place of great natural beauty and histori- 
cal interest. The valley which lies at the junc- 
tion of Tomhannock creek witli the Hoosac is 
nearly circular, and contains about 1200 acres. 
The entire valley is full of romance, and tradi- 
tional stories of boi der warfare, almost every farm 
having its legend of pioneer life or warlike in- 
cident. We next come to Mechanicville, a very 
imj^ortant junction and until the acquisition of 
the Saratoga Lake Eailway the western terminus 
of the line. The engine houses of B. H. T. & W. 
R-'y are located here. Just before the train 
draws uj) at the station we cross the Hudson river 
over a d(Mible track, iron bridge 2000 feet long, 
affording a view u}) and down this mighty river 
and of the level country for miles around,^ con- 
nection is here made with the Delaware and 
Hudson line. The population is over 3000, and is 
rapidly increasing, new mills have recently been 
erected here for the manufacture of wood pulp 
into paper. The buildings, machinery &c. , ai e said 



TO SARATOGA. 19 

to have cost over half a million dollars. At 
Mechanicville an agent of the Saratoga Baggage 
Express will join the train to collect checks and 
arrange for the delivery of visitors baggage. 
Leaving Mechanicville we come upon historic 
ground, viz: Saratoga's battle ground, a station 
being very aptly named Battle G round Station, 
from which stages can be taken to Stillwater, 
Schuylerville and Bemis Heights. Coming along 
we come to Ketchums Corners for White Sulpher 
Springs and hotel. Cedar Bluff is the next 
station at which is a line hotel on Ihe edge of 
Saratoga Lake, it is the property of tlu^ same 
company, as is also further on tlie Fonda House, 
at the north end of the Lake. A large steamer 
Lady of the Lake connects with different points 
of interest on the Lake. Then on to Eureka 
Spring, Excelsior Spring, passing the Lough - 
berry Water works, the "A," Red, Eiiijure, Star, 
High Rock, Seltzer and Magnetic Springs, we 
run into the station at Saratoga, and within live 
minutes walk of all the principal hotels. 

Another route from l^oston is by the l^)oston 
and Albany R. R. to S[)ringiield, Mass., and 
Albany, N. Y., thence via Saratoga Division of 
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.'s R. R. to 
Saratoga. Passengers by this route can if they pre- 
fer ,diverge at south Framingham, via Boston, Clin- 
ton, Fitchburg and New Bedford R. R., to Fitch- 



20 LEE'S GUIDE 

burg, Mass. Distance, viaHoosac Tnnriel route, 
231 miles, via Cheshire R. R., 288 miles. Palace 
cars are run from Boston to Saratoga without 
change via all these lines. 

From Maine and the maritime provinces, rail 
or boat may be taken to Boston or to Portland. 
From Portland the Boston and Maine railroad 
connects with Manchester, X. II., and then, via 
Concord and Northern railroad, to White Piver 
Junction, Vt., thence, via Bellows Falls and Rut- 
land, to Saratoga. Or from White River Junc- 
tion take Central Vermont railroad to Burlington, 
Vt., thence, by steamer on Lake Champlain or 
Central Vermont railroad, to Ticonderoga, N. Y., 
thence by Delaware and Hudscm Canal Comj^any's 
railroad to Saratoga ; or on from Burlington, via 
Central Vermont, to Rutland, and thence hj 
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's railroad 
to Saratoga. Or fiom Portland, Me., take Port- 
land and Odgensbui-g railroad to White Moun- 
tains, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Cambridge and Bur- 
lington and thence by rail or steamer, as above. 

From the Wldte MountaiJis a through palace 
car is run to Saratoga in one day in summer, via 
the W^ells river and Montpelier railroad, Central 
Vermont railroad, and Delaware and 4 Hudson 
Canal Company's railroad, via Wells river, Mont- 
pelier, Burlington, Leicester Junction, Ticonder- 
oga and Whitehall, to Saratoga. 



TO SARATOGA. 21 

Or by Portland, and Ogdensburg railroad from 
White Mountains to Cambridge and Burlington, 
Yt., thence by rail or steamer. 

From Montreal tlie most direct route is by the 
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's line to 
Rouse's Point, and thence to Saratoga. Palace 
cars are run tli rough from Montreal to Saratoga 
and New York. 

Another route from Montreal is via the Grand 
Trunk railroad to St. John's, thence via Central 
\^ei'morit to Rutland, where you change cars ; 
thence, via Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- 
[)any\s railroad, to Saratoga. 

Or by (irand Trunk railroad to Rouse's Point, 
Lake Cliam])lain steamers to Ticonderoga, and 
lli(*n(^e by Dehiware and Hudson Canal Com- 
pany's I'ailioad, to Sai'atoga Si)rings. The latter 
I'oute IS the more delightful, as it takes the tourist 
through the glorious scenery of Lake Cham[)lain 
on the line steamers of the lake, and also allows 
a diveigence at Ticonderoga, via Lake George. 

From Fhiladdphln, — To New York by the 
shortest route, and tlien by steamer or rail to 
Saratoga. 

From Baltimore. — To New York, and then by 
steamer or rail to Saratoga. 

From WashiiKjloii. — To New York, and then 
i>y steamer or rail to Saratoga. 



22 LEE'S GUIDE 

From the Southeast. — To New York, and then 
by steamer or rail to Saratoga. 

From Chicago.— \\2i Buffalo, Niagara Falls 
and Albany to Saratoga. 

From Cincinnati.— \i^ Buffalo and Albany to 
Saratoga. 

¥vom San Francisco and the Far West. — Via 
Chicago, Niagara Falls and Albany to Saratoga. 

From St. Lotcis.—Ym Indianapolis, Buffalo 
and Albany to Saratoga. By taking the Chicago 
route, the tourist can also visit Niagara Falls.* 
Proceed thence via Albany. 

From JVeto Orleans.— By steamers on the Mis- 
sissippi to St Louis, affording the tourist some 
delightful scenery. From St. Louis the most 
interesting route is by Chicago and Niagara 
Falls. 

Or from New Orleans to Cincinnati, and thence, 
via Buffalo and Albany, to Saratoga. 

From the Southtoest and Mexico.— By rail to 
St. Louis, Chicago, Niagara Falls and Albany to 
Saratoga. Or by coastwise steamers to New 
York, and thence by rail or boat to Albany and 
Saratoga. 

From Europe.— HouYi^t^ usually choose New 
York as the starting-place for Saratoga, as the 
route includes the Hudson river, giving a choice 
of boat or rail. 



TO SARATOGA. * 23 

CHAPTER II. 
THE VILLAGE. 

The Pictorial Map accompanying this guide 
is a perfect picture of the village, showing 
each house in its proper place and in its ]iroj)or- 
tions. Each public building, church, hotel and 
spring has a number on its building in the ma[) 
corresponding with the index. 

The village of Saratoga, where dwells the 
benign, goddess Hygeia in the midst of her far- 
famed waters of life and liealdi, is most pleas- 
antly hidden within the heart of a broad stretch 
of varied table-land, in tlie upper 2)art and near 
the eastern boundary of the great State of New 
York. The location is not remarkable for natu- 
ral beauty, yet its immediate surroundings are by 
no means without attractions, while within easy 
reach, all about, may be found many of those 
beautiful landscape scenes for which the Empire 
State is so justly renowned. 

The ^village, while most agreeably secluded 
from, is yet within the easiest and speediest reach 
of the busy world around. It is large enough to 
boast of a fixed population of some eleven thou- 
sand, which is trebled in summer-time by foreign 
incursion ; and it x)ossesses in abundance all the 



24 LEE'S GUIDE 

many ways and means of convenient and pleasur- 
able life, in a liberal furniture of churches, 
schools, stores, shops, and all other appointments 
of home and social ease and comfort ; with all of 
which it still retains a quiet country asjDect. 
Even the most thronged portions of the village, 
where stand the great summer hotels, the flaming 
emporiums of the city modes, and all the tran- 
sient glare and glitter of congregated fashion, are 
gratefully tempered by the screening and cooling- 
shade of verdant trees ; while reaching far around 
this more busy region, stretch long avenues of 
X3icturesque cottages, interspersed agreeably with 
more stately villas and manorial homes. 

In approaching Saratoga Springs over its vari- 
ous railways, the traveler meets with a surprise. 
The change from open farms to close-built town 
is abrupt, and the cars are among the houses and 
at the station almost before the flelds are missed. 
From the south the flrst intimation is tlip little 
group of cottages clustered about the Geyser 
Springs, perhaps three minutes before the train 
stops. From the north the new villas and 
springs of Excelsior Park, the towers and man- 
sard roofs of the great hotels, flash past just as 
the brakes begin to pull up for the depot.? The 
long platforms swarm with importunate hackmen, 
and were it not for good policing, the arrival 
would be a trifle formidable. The prudent pas- 



TO SARATOGA. 25 

senger will iirovide for tlie transportation of his 
baggage, before he reaches the depot, by giving 
up his checks to the agent of the Saratoga Bag- 
gage Express. 

To iind the porter of your house, a glance at 
tlie row of signs overliead will show just where 
the correct man stands, and where you shall go 
to find him. Each hotel has a reliable man 
under its sign, and the badge on his hat will 
make the assurance sure. 

Many of the larger hotels and houses meet 
ev^ery train with busses, and those who have not 
put you in a carriage, and in either case you are 
driven to your destination without charge. This 
is a village of vast hotels, and a party of six or 
more is a small affair Avliere twenty thousand peo- 
ple may be lodged at once. Opposite the station 
rise the huge yellow walls of the United States 
Hotel, and the street beside it — Division street — 
leads one to the left, directly upon Broadway, 
the main thoroughfare of the village. Reaching 
this street, w^jtli the United States on the south- 
ern corner (right), and the Arlington Hotel on the 
northern corner (left), we Iind ourselves in the cen- 
tre of the town. The street is supposed to run 
up to the noi'th or left and down to the south or 
right. The United States, Grand Union, Con- 
gress Hall, Columbian, Clarendon and Everett 
are to the right ; the Arlington, Holden, Waverly 



26 LEE'S GUIDE 

and Broadway Hall are to the left, and each faces 
the street. 

Saratoga is essentially American, and differs 
very materially from siniihir places on the Euro- 
pean continent viz.: Harrogate, Bath and Chelten- 
ham in England, Seltzer, Baden Baden and Aix 
of Germany, all noted for tlieir mineral springs^ 
where the wealth and fashion congregate. But 
there is more room in any of those places ; here, 
the beginning and the end is a few hundred 
yards on Broadway. There are few manufac- 
tories, and its streets are devoted to elegant 
leisure or abundant shopping. Its surface is 
mainly level, except where a shallow valley 
wands in a general northeasterly direction 
through the centre. Tlirougli this runs a little 
brook, and by its banks, at the bottom of the vaL 
ley ma}^ be found some of the more famous min- 
eral springs. The Town Hall, on the corner of 
Broadway and Lake avenue, marks the centre of 
pox)ulation. The geographical centre is perhaps 
a quarter of a mile to the southeast of this i^oint. 

The jirinciiml street is Broadwaj^ extending 
through the entire village, and making the grand 
drive and promenade, where all the life, business 
and pleasure of the place may be seen in a five- 
minntes' walk. This concentration of the hotels 
and stores in one street, and in the immediate 
neighborhood of nearly all the springs, gives the 



TO SARATOGA. 27 

village a singular aspect ; for, away from this 
centre, there is nothing but houses, cottages and 
villas, each, in prim fashion, facing its quiet, 
shady street — a village of homes. 

Broadway is original. The hotels, the stores, 
the fine rows of trees, the broad borders of sod, 
and the throng of carriages and people that 
crowd its walks and roads, present a spectacle 
unlike anything else in the world. Newport and 
Interlaken, Ems and Long Branch, have their 
special charms, but nowhere else is so much of 
caravansary and general splendor concentrated in 
so limited a space. No other resort can show 
three such palaces as the United States, to the 
north, and the Grand Union and Congress Hall, 
facing each other, on one street. Theie is too 
much of architectural glory ; but the American 
likes grandeur, and here he has it in a profusion 
perfectly dazzling. The walks are good and the 
roads well kept. Thousands crowd the way in 
elegant attire, and there is a world of faces to see 
and admire. The throng of carriages pass in 
brilliant procession, liowers and elegant dra})ery 
till the windows and frame the faces h)()king out, 
making a bit of realistic fairy-land that wins the 
attention at every step. The view of the village 
from the top of the large hotels or the Town Ilall 
is very delightful. The numerous shade' trees 
give the town the appearance of a beautiful forest 



28 LEE'S GUIDE 

city, and the view will fully rei)ay the slight 
trouble of a few steps to one of these elevations. 

Nor are sanitary essentials neglected. With 
all the paint and varnish, sod-work and gilding, 
there is no slighting of the unseen works ux^on 
which the health and well-being of every town 
must be built. Loughberry Lake furnishes abund- 
ant supplies of pure water, and, by the use of the 
Holly system of waterworks, it is delivered at 
every door for domestic and tire purposes. 
Every street is lighted with gas, and the sewer- 
age is abundantly provided for. 

Saratoga has been so modest that its many ad- 
vantages as a place of residence are often over- 
looked. That it possesses not a few unusual and 
delightful attractions, wdiile it is not behind 
other places of its size in scarcely any respect, 
must be acknowledged. Not alone the constant 
use of its spring waters, but its diy and bracing 
climate, its magnificent groves and finely shaded 
streets — these and numerous other favorable cir- 
cumstances contribute to make Saratoga unsur- 
passed as a permanent home. At one i^ortion of 
the year the most distinguished, cultivated and 
wealthy of our country are gathered- here, and 
sight-seeing can be done at home and on our own 
doorsteps. The many blessings which follow in 
the train of wealth and culture are found here. 
Travelers from other climes who visit our country 



TO SARATOGA. 29 

seldom return until they have drank from these 
celebrated fountains, and enjoyed the comforts of 
these mammoth hotels. 

Notwitlistandiiig all these benefits, which the 
lesident i)opulati()n enjoy, the expense of living 
js moderate, and certainly below other and less 
celebrated watering-places. That these advan- 
tages are becoming appreciated is evinced by the 
numerous and costl)^ dwellings that are being 
erected on almost every street. 

Its elevation above tide- water is 306 feet, being 
4G feet higher than Lake George. The popula- 
ricm is about 11,0{)(). Its streets are adorned with 
rlpgant buildings and shade-trees. Its hotels, in 
lli»'irsize, keeping and decoration, are something 
wondprful. The spi'ings ai"e the most remarkable 
in the woi-ld. The waters have become an article 
of commerce, and all nations are lis customers. 



30 LEE'S GUIDE 

CHAPTER III. 
HISTORY OF SARATOGA. 

(Condensed from N. B. Sylvester's History of Saratoga Co.) 

Around the name of Saratoga there clusters a 
wealth of historic lore. Since the name was first 
transferred from the oral language of the red 
man to the written page of tlie white man— in a 
word, from the favorite old hunting g -md of 
the river hills, first, to the little hamk'i of the 
wilderness, and then to the town and county— it 
has been associated in peace as well as in war 
with the niost important events which have been 
chronicled in our country's history. Within the 
territory now comprised in the county of Sara- 
toga once lay the hunting-grounds of the Mohawk 
branch of the Iroquois or Five Nations. One of 
the most famous of these hunting-grounds was 
called by them Sa-ragh-to-ga, and from this the 
county derives its name. 

It will thus be seen that, unlike New York, 
Boston or Albany, the name is purely American. 
The first time we find any mention af Saratoga is 
in 1684. It was not then the name of a town nor 
of a county, neither was it the name of a great 
sunjmer resort; but it was the name of an old 
Indian hunting-ground, located along both sides 



TO SARATOGA. 31 

of the Hudson. This river, after breaking 
through its last mountain barrier alcove Glen's 
Falls, runs through a wide valley till it reaches 
the bordering hills at a point neaily opposite to 
Saratoga Lake. This old hunting-ground was 
situated where the outlying hills begin to crowd 
down to the river-banks, and was called, in the 
sii!:nilicant Indian tongue, Se-rach-ta-gue, or the 
'Miillside country of the great river." It has 
also been said that Saratoga, in the Indian lan- 
guage, means the *' place of the swift water,'' in 
allusion to the rapids and falls that break the 
stillness of the stream, where the hillside country 
bt^gins on the river. An Indian, whose name was 
() ron-hia-tek ha of the Caiigh-na-wa-ga, and who 
was well accp lain ted with the Mohawk dialect, 
started that Saratoga was from the Indian Sa-ra 
take, meaning " a place where the track of the 
heel may be S(^en." 

Whethei' its meaning be this, that or the other, 
it must be gratifying to all Americans that this 
I'mihous resort, situated as it is on American soil, 
bears an American name. As early as 1684 this 
hillside country, the ancient Se-rach-ta-gue, was 
sold by tlu^ chiefs of the Mohawks to Peter 
Philip Schuyler and six other citizens of Albany, 
and the sale was confirmed by the English gov- 
ernment. This old hunting-ground then became 
known in history as the Saratoga x^^^-ftint, or on 



32 LEE'S GUIDE 

some old maps as So-roe-to-^os-land. But it will 
be seen that the ground on which the village of 
Saratoga Springs is built, and the region in 
which the famous mineral S23rings are found, 
formed no part of the old hunting-ground or the 
Saratoga patent. The So-roe-to-gos-land of the 
olden time was fifteen miles in length and twelve 
miles in width, being six miles wide on either side 
of the river Hudson, and embraces amongst others 
at this time the townships of Saratoga and Still- 
water. 

The Indian name for the ground upon which 
Saratoga Springs is built was Kay-ad-ros-se-ra, 
and was the favorite hunting-ground of the Iro- 
qirois tribe. The forests were full of game, and 
its lakes and streams swarmed with fish.* The 
sturgeon would sun itself in the basin below Ga- 
ha-oose, now Colioes Falls, and the herring came 
up the Hudson river through Fish creek, giving 
rise to its name, and then into Lake Saratoga ; 
and it is even said that whales in the good old 
times used to come aj) the Hudson as far as this 
hunting-ground. In fact, Yanderdonck says 
''that in the year 1647 two whales came up the 
river. One turned back, but the" other was 
stranded not far from Colioes Falls." The wild 
animals were probably the first discoverers of 
the Saratoga mineral s[)rings, for they were at- 
tracted here in great numbers, so much so that 



TO SARATOGA. 33 

the Mohawks, the Iroquois, the Oneidas and On- 
ondagas, and sometimes the farther-off Cayugas 
and Senecas, built their hunting lodges in the 
virinity of the springs every summer. It will 
thus be seen that wild, ancient Kayadrossera was 
as famous in the olden time to the red man as 
modern Saratoga is to day to the white. 

The tmct of land known by the Indian name 
of Kayadrossera, was purchased by Mr. Brough- 
ton and others from the Indians, and an Indian 
deed given the Gth day of October, 1704 is signed 
])y the sachems of the tribe. On the 2nd day of 
November, 1708, a patent was granted by Her 
i^fajesty Queen Anne, to ''her loving subjects 
Xanning Herraance, Joliannes Beekman, Rip Von 
Dam," and ten others of the whole of Kayadros- 
era, but it. was not until the year 1708 thai the 
deed given by the Indians in 17u4, was confirmed 
by the tribe, and tlien only through the powerful 
iiilluence of Sir William Johnson. 

On the 24th day of March, 1772, three years 
before the war of the Revolution broke out, and 
about the time the lirst white settler was building 
his rude cabin at the Springs, these iwo })atents 
of Saratoga and Kayadrossera, were united by 
tlier colonial government into a district. The 
name Kayadrossera was dropped, and the district 
named after the smaller patent, and called the dis- 
trict of Saratoga. Since then the grand old Indian 



34 LEE'S GUIDE 

name Kayadrossera, so far as territory is concern- 
ed, lias fallen out of human speech and is only 
heard in connection with the principal stream and 
mountain chain of the great hunting ground so fa- 
mous in Indian history. The old hunting ground, 
the beautiful lake, and the famous springs have all, 
since the 24th day of March, 1772, borne the 
name of Saratoga. 

There is very little doubt that the mineral 
waters of Saratoga were well known to the abori- 
ginal inhabitants, long before they were visited 
by white men, and that they employed them 
as remedial agents, with the same intuition which 
they have ever displayed in the discernment of 
the virtues of the herbs and trees of their native 
wilds. 

It was not until the year 1773, six years after 
Sir AVilliam Johnson's initial visit, that the first 
clearing was made and the first cabin erected at 
the Springs. The hardy adventurer who accom- 
plished this brave feat was Derick Scowton. He 
commenced business in the double capacity of 
hotel-keeper and Indian trader. Unluckily, mat. 
ters did not thrive between bold Derick and his 
red neighbors, who made his new home so un- 
pleasantly hot that he found it wise to abdicate 
leaving his hotel incomplete. 

Derick was followed a year later, and with 
better success, by George Arnold, an adventurer 



TO SARATOGA. 35 

from Rliocle Island. Arnold took 2)ossession of 
the vacated Scowton House, and ''ran'' it, as we 
say at this day, with tolerable success, for about 
two years. How many daily arrivals he had is 
not upon the record, neither does history enlight- 
en us in respect to his bill of fare, or his j>er diem. 
Still, it is clear that neither one nor the other in 
any way approached the ideas of our day. 

The third Saratoga landlord was one Samuel 
Nortcm, who squatted on the Scowton estate soon 
after the exit of George Arnold. Norton made 
vai'ious improvements, clearing and cultivating 
the land around him. He might have made a 
"good thing'' of his enterpiise, but, as ill-luck 
would have it, the first mutterings of the great 
storm of the Revolution just then began to greet 
his terrified ears, causing him to decamp, and 
thus leave the Hotel Scowton again without a 
landlord. Norton was at length, in the year 
17813, succeeded by his son, who, taking possession 
of the old property, still furdu^r improved it, 
until 1787, when he sold out to Gideon Morgan, 
who in his turn and within the same year made it 
over to Alexander l^ryan. 

Bryan became the first permanent settler at the 
Springs after the close of the war. He enriched 
the estate with a blacksmith's shop and an addi- 
tional log-house. 

The days of the Scow tons, the Arnolds, the 



36 LEE'S GUIDE 

Nortons, the Morgans, and the Bryans were the 
primitive days of very small things; indeed the 
first or exploratory epoch in the settlement of the 
spring region. They were followed in 17S9 by a 
new and more brilliant era, nnder the reign of 
the Putnams — an era and reign which steadily 
advanced from that honr and has continned, 
ever expanding, down to our own days of full 
fruition. 

Gideon Putnam is deservedly remembered as 
the father of Saratoga, by the virtue of many 
and varied contril)utions wliich he made to the 
growth and prosperity of the village, from his 
first settlement in it, in his early youth, to his 
death, twenty-three years later. He was a 
Massachusetts man, who set out in the quest of 
fortune in the spirit of indomitable energy which 
he never afterwards failed to display in all his 
many undertakings. 

Saratoga county was formed from a part of 
Albany in February, 1791. 

The town of Saratoga Springs was formed April 
9tli 1819, and it was made a post town April 17th 
1826.© In 1881 a subscription was raised to build 
a railroad from Schenectady. From that time 
Saratoga Springs has grown rapidly, and with 
more or less steadiness. It has had its ups and 
downs, its llres and hotel openings, its dull times 
and its periods of wonderful prosperity. To-day 
it has a population of 10,820, and offers more at- 
tractions than ever. 



TO SARATOGA. 37 

CHAPTER IV. 

SARATOGA SPlilNGS. 

1883. 

GENERAL NOTES, 

It is a mistake to iniaf;ine tliat tlie natives of 
tliis villag-e ^o into retirenuMit and liihernate for 
the winter, like the dornionse after the summer is 
over, and the hotels and their banqueting halls 
are deserted. On the contrary, Saratoga is the 
liveli<\st village in the land in the winter of the 
year. In the population of 10,8'2(), there is 
a nuiiicious leisure class scattered aiound in 
]>retty cottages on the long, straggling avenues, 
composed of ])e()ple from everywhere who have 
dropix'il iu here from time to time attracted by 
the salubrity of the air and the endless variety 
of the mineral si)iings, and remained everlasting- 
ly. After a summer or two at the hotels they 
have come and settled down pennanently and 
laised families, and hence, in a measure, the 
lively and ])eculiar social character of the place. 
Of social clubs there are twenty- one including 
the Shakespeare, the Snow Shoe, the Peanut, the 
Cooking, the Chow Chow, the Mulligatawney and 
the Jaggerac Tartar Club. Of course, the natives 



38 LEE'S GTJIDE 

are not; insensible to the approach of summer, 
which brings not alone the merry, merry sun- 
shine, but that fountain of joy, the mighty dol- 
lar. They fully appreciate the meaning of that 
festive season and they seldom fail to benelit by 
it. 

Eanged along the east side of Broadway for 
three blocks is a continuous line of as tastefully 
arranged stores as any in New York. Most of 
them have fronts of plate glass, a mania that 
came over the storekeeping fraternity a few years 
ago and now possesses the w^hole kit of them. 
Along this line of business places is a broad pave- 
ment, shaded by a double row of maple and ehn 
trees, and here the ladies who come to' Saratoga 
in the season love to promenade and to shop ; for 
where and to what end of the civilized world can 
the ladies possibly go and entirely lose their nat- 
ural instinct for the delightful occupation and 
pastime of shopping ? So, though Saratoga is a 
village sui^posed to be inhabited by a primitive 
race of people delighted beyond expression at the 
honor of being noticed by the presence of fashion- 
able and great people of the nation, it has an eye 
to business all the same. It has between fifty 
and sixty hotels, great and small, and over a hun- 
dred boarding houses, where all manner of men 
and women may be accommodated. It has a fire 
service along with the Holly system of water 



TO SARATOGA. 39 

works, and tliroiigh the latter the pressure on the 
mains is so strong that a stream of water can be 
thrown clean over the highest of the hotels. This 
gives a sense of i:>eace and security to the hotel 
guests, and though the provision made against 
fire has cost the village a considerable sum of 
money it will prove a good investment, and, like 
the bread thrown upon the waters, will come back 
with interest. The Villagers know a good thing 
when they see it, and they think they can afford 
to encourage a patronage that runs as high as 
00,000 visitors in a season. 

On a day lik«^ this, when Broadway, the chief 
street of the village, is bathed in a Hood of bright 
and warm sunshine, the natives look pleasant and 
seem as if they felt the delusion of summer u} on 
them. The village is on an elevated tableland 
and the storms of winter visit it with severity. 
More money than usual has been set apart this 
year for placing and keeping the avenues and 
drives in order. Division street, from Broadway 
to the railroad station along the whole north 
front of the United States Hotel, is now being 
paved with a ]>atent wooden block pavement in 
place of the cobblestone which causes so much 
agony to the ears of the hotel guests. Under 
charge of Mr. Puckett, superintendent, men are 
at work on the race course repairing and painting 
fences and stands and rolling and rerolling the 



40 LEE^S GUIDE 

track. Improvements are also under way in 
Woodlawn Park, which is within the village 
limitvS and contains 300 acres. The summer re- 
sidence of Judge Hilton stands inside, but the 
grounds are free to the public, and stages run 
constantly from the hotels. 

The soil is rolling, with patches of woodland, 
consisting of maple, hickory, pine and spruce, 
and great spreading laAvns, with ever and anon a 
small lake and clumps of wild jjlants and bushes. 
From elevations here and there views may be had 
of the Green Mountains and the Catskills, and 
looking down the Valley of the Hudson moun- 
tain peaks seventy miles away may be observed. 
There are five entrances to the park, consisting of 
ornamental iron gates swinging between pon- 
derous pillars surmounted by statuary. 

Mr. Samuel A. Coale has erected a large 
building for an art gallery, 76 feet front on Broad- 
way by 200 feet deep, into which he intends to 
put his private gallery of paintings, wortli over 
$100,000, for public exhibition. Among the 
paintings are Regnault's masterpiece, "Antome- 
don with the horse of Achilles;" Luc Ollivier 
Merson's '' Flight into Egypt," Lefebyie's 
''Truth," Bertrand's "Virginia," Jourdan's 
"Leda and the Swan," Toudouze' s ^" Plage 
d'Typort," Peale's " Court of Death," Cabanel's 
"JEve," Leutze's "Lafayette in Prison" and 



TO SARATOGA. 41 

rare examples by Corot Conrbet. Daubigny, 
Vibert, AVorms, Rico, Maurice and Louis Leloir, 
De Beaumont, Palmaroli, Perrault, Luminals, 
Clairin, Alvarez, Rossi, Jacquet, Pollet and a 
host of other prominent names. The first story 
is of cut stone and the superstructure of pressed 
brick, terra cotta and medallions and panels of 
bronze. The roof is of glass and the eaves are 
of Spanish tiles. The grounds around the build- 
ing are to be laid out in gravelled walks, foun- 
tains and flower beds, forming a frontage to eight 
Queen Anne cottages to be erected in the rear of 
the Art Gallery, and facing the Windsor Hotel. 

Mr. AVilliam A. Shepard has bought the Wash- 
ingt(m Abell place, Saratoga lake and in conjunc- 
tion with several other gentlemen is transforming 
it into a club house to be conducted after a fashion 
nltogether unique in the conduct of club houses. 
Mr. A. Gerald Hull is putting up a handsome 
[U'ivate cottage on the west bank of the lake. In- 
terlaken, the former country seat of Frank Leslie, 
on the west, shore of the lake overhanging a bluff, 
has been purchased by Henry S. Truax, of New 
York, better known as ''Poi)" Truax, a veteran 
oarsman of the Beaverwyck Club of Albany. 
Visitors to the lake can hardly fail to remember 
the Leslie mansion and its bold and glaring out- 
line bidding dellance to all canons of taste and 
elegance in architecture. The situation, however, 



42 LEE'S GUIDE 

is the most beautiful along the shore, though the 
White Sulphur Springs, the picnic grounds on 
the east side, Cedar Bluff and Moon's Lake 
House, have their fascinations. 

Next the Town Hall an annex has been 
erected for the use of the judges of the Court of 
Appeals, who come here in the summer after 
breaking up business in Albany, and here also 
are the general offices of the Boston, Hoosac Tun- 
nel and Western R'y. 

On the site of the Grand Central Hotel, which 
was burned down some years ago, a row of busi- 
ness stores is going up. In Pavilion Spring Park, 
facing on Caroline street a block of five stores, 
with Hats overhead, has been erected by Ed. 
Kearney, AVhen the season begins about thirty 
stores now closed up will be thrown open by 
parties from New York and other cities and il- 
luminated with fancy wares of French, Turkish, 
Japanese and Chinese manufacture, with barbers' 
paraphernalia, jewellers' glittering goods and the 
sweet things that confectioners know how to 
fabricate. There will also open about the middle 
of June half a dozen brokers' offices, where 
about as many Wall street men will amuse their 
favorite customers stopping at the hotels ,by tele- 
graphing orders to buy or sell. The brokers 
don't expect to make much, but it will keep their 
patrons in good humor. 



TO SARATOGA. 43 

Mr. Spencer Trask who is one of the leading 
spirits here has a beautiful summer residence 
(Yaddo) on Union avenue, and about half way to 
Saratoga Lake, at which great improvements are 
now being made. The Batch house, a favorite 
boarding-house between the Town Hall and the 
Presbyterian church, is being razed to the ground 
to make way for a block of eight stores, with 
flats above, this improvement is the work of Mr. 
Collamore. 

This summer the Grand Union Hotel and the 
Windsor will be under the control of Henry Clair, 
the Congress Hall under Clement & Cox, the Clar- 
endon under Harris & Losekam and the United 
States under Tompkins, Perry, Gage & Co. The 
season promises especially well, as a large number 
of rooms and cottages have already been engaged. 
At the United States a force of painters is em- 
ployed retouching various chambers and hall- 
ways. At the Grand Union also there is a force 
of men engaged in renovating the interior. This 
is the bon ton hotel of Saratoga and its proprietor 
hesitates at no expense to keep it in the front 
rank. Its bedrooms, parlors, and dining-room 
excel in spaciousness, comfort and elegance those 
of perhaps any hotel in America. This season 
it expects, according to the anticipations of Mr. 
Henry Clair, the accomplished manager, a larger 
business than ever before, and this is based upon 



44 LEE'S GUIDE 

the fact that many of the old frequenters of Sara- 
toga who have hitherto stopped at other hotels 
have this time engaged rooms at the Union. The 
children of Isreal, who once suffered humiliation 
at the hands of this hotel, have transferred their 
patronage to the Congress Hall. In fact the 
Grand Union, though apparently under a blight 
at the time, must evidently reap in the future the 
reward of its aggressiveness. "Jim" Marvin, 
president of the Saratoga Club House and 
and Racing Association, will resign, and his 
place will be taken by Charles Reed. Colonel 
Clement, of Congress Hall, says the entire build- 
ing has been painted, woodwork and all. Every 
pillow and mattress has been made over. New 
carpets and new suits of furniture have been 
placed in 100 rooms. At a cost of $4,000 they 
have sunk a well of their own on the prem- 
ises, which will furnish an abundant supply of 
pure spring water . Engagements of rooms are 
far ahead of what they have been for some years 
and extend to the middle of August. 

People of the sentimental order, gazing on one 
of these great and silent hotels, silent as the 
grave itself, love to moralize on the striking 
changes that hapi^en in its annual history. W hen 
they contrast in their minds the utter desolateness 
of the scene before them, the great mute build- 
ing without a single sign of life, its doors and 



TO SARATOGA. 45 

windows closed and all the gloom and quiet of 
tlie sepulchre hanging around it, and then when 
they think of the abounding tide of human life 
tliat surged through those empty rooms and cor- 
ridors one brief summer ago, the throng of 
beauty, wealth and fashion that filled the broad 
balconies and lightened the very atmosphere by 
its presence, and many of whom no doubt have 
since passed over the silent river, a sense of the 
evanescence of mundane things presses forcibly 
on the mind of the onlooker 

National conferences of religious bodies seem 
to be the fashion in Saratoga. Last fall the Uni- 
tarians prolonged the season about a fortnight. 
This year the Presbyterians from all parts of the 
Union were the first to open the season, and came 
here to the number of about 1600 all told, then 
wliile they remained in session came 1600 Bap- 
tists, and now the place is quite lively with the 
visit of CongregationaJists. During the season 
there will be many assemblages of various bodies 
and to finish with the Unitarians come in the fall. 

The first summer hotel to open was the Adelphi 
on the first of May, but several are now open, 
and the season will begin in earnest about the 
ir)th of June. The number of mineral springs 
now in existence is twenty seven, and men are at 
present drilling for a new spring, adjoining the 
Star, the property of D. H. Porter, and at this 



46 LEE'S GUIDE 

writing have just struck a spouting spring. The 
visitor must be cautious that he asks no native of 
Saratoga Avliat spring he considers the best. There 
is nothing under heaven on which the people here 
are so sensitive as the question of the merits of 
tlie different mineral springs. It would aiij)ear 
as if every mineral spring had its partisans, and 
woe to the man who runs down any one of them 
in a miscellaneous crowd. 

.^.For the four months the hotels are open there is 
by- no means a constant rush of visitors ; in fact, 
the real rushing business, or the business that 
pays the hotels a profit, lasts for only six weeks 
at tlie utmost — that is to say, from July 15 to 
August 28.' Let the thermometer be high and 
mighty for that j)eriod of the summer and Sara- 
toga is bound to do the best of all. Its name and 
fame are irresistable Avlien the mercury bobs above 
the nineties. Then indeed the piazzas of the 
Grand Union, the United States and the Congress 
present an imposing sight with their swarms of 
fashionable ladies in colors gayer than the rain- 
bow. The high walls of the hotels facing each 
other on Broadway throw great, deep shadows 
across the street, in which it is delightfully cool 
and pleasant to walk. On a busy day the vast 
dining room is a sight to see, when six or eight 
hundred guests are served at table together, not 
at one table, but a hundred. The gleam of snowy 



TO SAKATOGA. 47 

liuen and burnished silver, the dresses of the 
ladies, the clatter of plates and dishes, the inces- 
sant movement of the dusky waiters, the buzz of 
conversation, all go to nuike up an animated 
scene. Up to the 4th of July the hotels of Sara- 
toga are by no means crowded. But after the 
glorious Fourth with the ilavor of patriotic high- 
falutin and old rye still in the air, the rush for 
Saratoga begins and continues, and cuhninates 
nloug in August, when the rooms are at a pr^l^ 
uiium. The mystery is that people will insist on^ 
returning to the city and all its dust and noise 
just at the time when the most enjoyable season 
of the 3^ear, beginning with September, is setttng 
in. It is then that Saratoga may be best enjoyed 
au^d the beautiful i)astoial and woodland scenery 
I hat surrounds it be best appnM'iated. 

The Saratoglans are a healthy looking, cheerful 
race of people. They take the gc^ods the gods 
provide them and are thankful. The Post Office 
on Broadway is the great centre of attraction. It 
is entered by an arcade where the ladies on a w^et 
day can take shelter and chat away as comfort, 
ably as if they were at home. At other times it 
is a t)erfect jam of humanity composed. «')f all 
races and creeds, for a peculiarity of Saratoga 
Post Office is that every person must go there for 
his or her mail, there being no delivery by carrier. 

The Town Hall appears to have gone out of 



48 LEE'S GUIDE 

business, for nothing like a politician can be seen 
anywhere near it, and the building looks as if 
the village government might have gone off in the 
v^oods hunting squirrels. Here and there on the 
line of Bi'oadway as it fades away out into the coun- 
try an old fashioned cottage, with broad balconies 
and half-moon and dormer windows may be 
noticed and it takes but little exercise of fancy to 
imagine what delightful residences these places 
must be when the trees are leafy and the flower 
beds surrounding them are in full bloom. Glimp- 
ses of rare rural beauty may be had on the out. 
skirts of the village, and an artist with a congenial 
eye might find endless subjects for his pencil. 



TO SARATOGA. 49 

CHAI'TER V. 

THE sPRmas. 

"WHENCE THE ORIGIN OF VOUR MINERAL 
SPRINGS ?" 

This is a question often propounded by persons 
who visit Saratoga, and undoubtedly, to those 
who have not made the complex operations of 
nature their study. There is very much of 
mystery connected with this matter; that the 
reader may be enabled to understand the facts 
bearing ux)on this subject, we will state succinctly 
the geological character of this locality. 

In the valley in which they occur two geologi- 
cal systems of rocks meet and abut against each 
other. Here the old Lauren tian rocks, covered 
by the rocks of the Potsdam and calciferous sand- 
stones end, and the Trenton system of limestone, 
covered by the Hudson river slates and shales, 
begins. In the geological fault or fissure which 
runs along the valley, between these two systems 
of rocks, the mineral springs rise to the surface. 
The springs seem to take their rise in the birds - 
eye limestone strata, which underlies the slate. 
In sinking wells, at tlie Geyser springs, at Ball- 
ston Spa, and at Round Lake, the mineral waters 
like those of Saratoga were, without exception, 



50 LEE'S GUIDE 

reached after the drill had passed through the 
slate, and struck the limestone. At the Geyser 
the wells are sunk to the depth of one hundred 
and thirty- two to three hundred feet. At Ballston 
Spa, they reach the depth of several hundred 
feet more, while at Round Lake the well was sunk 
through the slate to the depth of fourteen hun- 
dred feet, before the limestone was reached, in 
which the mineral water was found. It would 
seem that the valley of the Hudson, at this part 
of its course, is a deep sunken basin, in which 
lies a fossil ocean, in whose ancient bed the lime- 
stone and slates w^ere deposited in its briny 
waters. Out of this sunken basin of still briny 
waters, out of this fossil ocean-bed filled with 
rocky strata, rise the mineral springs of Sara- 
toga. The waters course along between the 
limestone strata at different depths, and therefore 
possessing different qualities, until they reach the 
hard barrier of Laurentian rocks in the fissure 
that extends through the little valley in the viL 
lage in which they occur, and then they rise to 
the surface forced upwards by their gaseous con- 
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52 LEE'S GUIDE 

*'A" Spking (1-16 G).— The "A" Spring is situ- 
ated off Genev^a street, beyond tlie Empire Spring, 
and a little nortli of the Red Spring, on the 
eastern side of a steep bluff of calciferous sand- 
rock. It is one of the oldest springs in Sara, 
toga. A fine, large bottling-house adjoins the 
spring. 

As the merits of spring waters were so little 
known and understood in the earlier days of their 
discovery, no attempt was made to introduce this 
spring to public attention until 1805, when a shaft 
twelve feet square was sunk to the depth of six- 
teen feet, and the spring was first tubed. In the 
spring of the next year the fountain was more 
perfectly secured by a new tubing. In 1867 the 
bottling-house was destroyed by fire, and the 
spring after a time was again retubed to the depth 
of thirty- tw^o feet, going down to the solid rock, 
where one of the most perfect veins of water was 
found flowing in all its original purity; this was 
secured with the greatest care, and brought to the 
surface through a maple tube. 

The Saratoga "A" Spring water is one of the 
most effective mineral waters found on either con- 
tinent. It has four times greater mineral x)roper- 
ties than the Baden Baden of Austria, five times 
that of Aix-la-Chapelle in Prussia, twice that of 
the Yichy of France, nearly three times greater 
than the Seltzer of Germany and equally over the 
Spas of England and Kissengen in Bavaria. 



TO SARATOGA. 53 

ANALYSIS 
»f the Saratoga "A" Spring Water. « 

By Julius G. Pohle. M. D. 

Chloride of Sodium 565.300 grains 

Chloride of Potassiura o57 ' " 

Chloride of Calcium and Magnesia trace 

Bicarbonate of Soda 6.752 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime . 56 852 ' 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 20 400 * 

Bicarbonate ot Iron 1.724 " 

Sulphate of Lime 448 *' 

Sulphate of Magnesia 288 " 

Sulphate of Soda 2.500 ' 

Sulphate of Potassa 370 " 

.^ilieic Acid 1.460 " 

Alumina 380 " 

Solid contents per gallon 656.911 grains 

. Free Carbonic Acid Gas, per gallon 212 cubic inches 

Atmospheric Air 4 ♦< 

BiiooK Spring (2-16 G).— The Brook Spring is 
located in Excelsior Park, near Excelsior Spring. 
Tliis Spring water we understand has not been 
analized, the spring is not often opened and its 
water is not bottled. It is the property of Mr. 
F. W. Lawrence. 

CiiAMPiox Spouting Spring.— This most re- 
markable natural curiosity, which is justly 
considered to be the wonder among the springs 
of this far-famed summer resort, was dis. 
covered in August, 1871, by Mr. Jessie Burton, 
and is situated on Ballston avenue, about one 
mile and a half from the principal hotels of the 
village. 



54 LEE'S GUIDE 

After a careful observation of the surface of 
the ground, the indications were such as to invite 
a deeper search, which it was hoped would reveal 
a hitherto unknown fountain of healing. 

The work of boring was commenced and con- 
tinued until the deptli of three hundred feet was 
reached, passing through slate rock, limestone 
and magnesian lime, beneath which w^as found a 
cavity of six inches in depth, in which the min- 
eral water runs, and which is believed to be the 
fountain head of all the mineral waters of Sara- 
toga. On reaching this cavity the water burst 
forth with great force, throwing a stream, six and 
a half inches in diameter, to the height of twenty- 
five feet above the orifice. The spring was then 
carefully and securely tubed and cemented, that 
it might be protected against any impurity from 
fresh or surface water. 

The Chamx)ion spring water contains a very 
large preponderance of the elements which render 
mineral waters valuable as a medicine, and which 
are in constant use by physicians of the various 
schools. It also contains a much greater amount 
of carbonic acid gas than any other water, hold- 
ing the -valuable mineral embraced in its compo- 
sition in perfect solution, thus rendering it im- 
pervious to the effects of age or climate. 

The remarkable cures of some of the prevailing 
diseases effected by the use of Champion water has 







CHAMPION SPOUTING SPRING IN WINTER. 



56 LEE'S GUIDE 

given the water of this spring great favor among 
professional men and others whose occupations 
are sedentary. F(jr the disease known as clergy- 
man's sore throat this water occupies a deservedly 
high position as a curative agent. 

It has also been found an invaluable remedy in 
the treatment of cutaneous diseases, scrofula of 
every type, liver complaint, dyspepsia, bilious 
complaints, acidit}^ of the stomach, nausea, rheu- 
matism, neuralgia, constipation and piles. It is a 
most excellent preventive of fevers and bilious 
disorders, so common in the malarial districts of 
our country, and it is a well-known fact that dis- 
tinguished physicians have strongly advised the 
use of natural mineral water in such districts for 
drinking purposes, as far as possible, in place of 
the local fresh water. Owing to the large amount 
of litliia, magnesia and bicarbonate of lime it 
contains, it is highly commended for Bright' s 
disease of the kidneys and all diseases of the. 
bladder. 

The proprietors of this spring have erected a 
most handsome bottling house, over which is a 
large hall set apart for the convenience of visitors, 
where the water is dispensed by the attendant. 
The drive is through the Champion's own 
grounds, laid out in a most artistic style, and 
visitors are driven under a canopy, which is an 
appendage to the bottling house At the back of 



TO SARATOGA. 57 

the hall, and at an elevation of forty feet above 
the spring, is a broad piazza, where visitors may 
enjoy the sight of this wonderful natural curios- 
it}^ The following ann lysis of the Champion 
water is by Prof. C. F. Chandler, a great author- 
ity on mineral w^aters : 

Analysis of One U. S. Gallon, 

Chloride of Sodium 702.289 IJicarbonnte of Baryta 2 (>v.< 

Chloride of Potashium 40.4-l»i liicarhonato of Iron (HUi 

Bromide of Sodliitn 'iJu'J Sulphate of Potassa O.JM 

Iodide of Sodium ().2.;4 Phosi>hate of Soda O.oio 

Fluoride of CHlciiim trace. Bihorate of Soda trace 

Bicarhonate of Litliia ("> 247 Alumina 4.'>^ 

Hicarhonate <d" Sod:i 17 f.24 Silica (■(•,<»;» 

Bicarhonate of Mifriiesia lW,!il? Organic matter trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lime 227.(170 

Bicarbonate of Strontin o.OSi Total grains 110:).6S2 

Carbonic Acid Gas, 4G5.45S cubic inches. Temperature, 49 deg. Fab. 

Columbian Spring (4-4 G). — This spring is 
located in Congress Sj^ring Park, just west 
of the park entrance and on Broadway. It is 
one of the oldest of the mineral springs, hav- 
ing been opened by Gideon Putnam in 1806. It 
is covered by a beautiful and artistic pavilion, 
and is approached through the park entrance to 
the right, or down a few steps from Broadway 
opposite the Columbian Hotel. The spring is 
owned by the Congress and Empire Spring Com- 
pany. It is a fine chalybeate mineral water, and 
possesses singularly active properties in certain 
diseases. 

It is said to be especially valua'ole in liver com- 
plaint, dyspepsia, erysipelas and all cutaneous 



58 LEE'S GUIDE 

disorders. As a tonic water for frequent nse, no 
si)ring in Saratoga is so popiili^r as the Colum- 
bian. 

The water is recommended to be drank in small 
quantities frequently during the day, generally 
preceded by the use of the cathartic waters taken 
before breakfast. Only from one-half to one 
fi:lass should be taken at a time. When taken in 
large quantities or before breakfast, a j^eculiar 
headache is experienced. 

The proper use of this water will strengthen 
the tone of the stomach, and tend to increase the 
red particles of the blood, which, according to 
Liebig, perform an im})ortant part in respiration. 
Though containing but 5.58 grains of iron in each 
gallon, this water has a perceptible iron taste in 
each drop. Is it much to be wondered at, then, 
that a mineral which has so great a power of af- 
fecting the palate should possess equally potent 
influence upon the whole system ? The happy 
medicinal effects of these iron waters seem to con- 
sist, to some extent, in the minute division of the 
mineral properties, so that they are readily taken 
into the system. 

Analysis of Columbian Water. 

By Prof. E. Emmons. 

The specific gravity of this water is 1007.3 ; its 
solid and gaseous contents as follows : 



TO SARATOGA. 50 

Chloride of Sodium 2r)7.00 {grains. 

l>icarb()natc of Soda 15.40 

I'icarhonatc of Mapjnesia 4<i 71 " 

llvdriodatc of Soda 'j.,-)t; '' 

("arbonate of Lime 6S.(iO " 

Carbonate of Iron 5,58 ^* 

Sil«^x 2.05 

Hycho-Rromatc of Potash siarcrlv a trace. 

Solid contents in a gallon 107. .30 grains. 

Carbonic Acid (las 272.06 inches. 

Atmo.«;phcric Air 4.50 " 

276. 5t') inches. 



C0NC4HESS Spkixcj (3-5 G).— This spring is lo 
ciited in Congress Spring Park, opposite the 
soutlu'i'ii end of Ccmgress Hall. Tliert* is an artis- 
tic and very beautiful pavilliun Ijiiilt over it to 
])r()teet visitors fioiu tlie sun and rain. The prin- 
cipal eiin-ance to the spring-house is at the grand 
entrance to the park, near Broadway. On enter- 
ing tlie park, turn to the left, pass along the 
arbor-like colonade to the pavilion about the 
spring, where seats are provided, and the s])ring 
water drawn by a novel process, is served upon 
small tablrvs by tli<' attendants. By (h^scending a 
few st('i)s to the east, along the colonade to the 
ca/'(\ hot colVee and other refieshnients may be 
obtained. Admission to the i)ark is legulated by 
tickets, for which merely a iioiniii:il charge is 
made. 

Congress Spring was discovered in I7l)'i, just 



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thirty five years after the visit of Sir William 
Johnson to the High Kock. 

A hunting-party happened to observe numerous 
deer-tracks, leading in a particular direction ; 
and, following the trail with some curiosity, to 
see whither it led, they stumbled upon a new 
mineral spring, wdiich the deer, it appears, were 
in the habit of visiting in their searcli for salt. 
The water issued from a rock about three feet in 
lieight, through an aperture midway between the 
top and the ground. Among the Nimrods w^as a 
member of Congress named Clilman, and in honor 
of this gentleman and his high position, the new 
fountain was christened Congress Spring. 

The water was first secured by pressing a cup 
against the rock, through ^vhich means not more 
than one quart per minute was obtained. To in- 
crease the yield, and to economize the loss by 
this primitive mode of drawing, Gideon Putnam, 
who was at all times wide awake, set about clear- 
ing and tubing the spring. He first turned the 
brook some few feet from its original course, and, 
guided by the bubbles of gas, which rose from 
the channel of the stream, he sunk a shaft into 
the rock. The water thereupon ceased to issue 
from the old aperture, but rose in ample supply 
from the new opening, and was at once secured 
as completely as was practicable, by means of a 
tube made of pine planks. 




INTERIOR OF CONGRESS SPRING PAVILION, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



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The waters were at first bottled for exportation 
in 1823, by Dr. John Clarke, of New York, who 
purchased the spring from the Livingston family, 
who held it nnder an ancient grant. The prop- 
erty was purchased of Dr. Clarke's executors, in 
1865, by the Congress and Empire Spring Com- 
pany, tlie i^resent proprietors. 

The medicinal effects of Congress water have 
been tested for nearly a century, and its use is 
prescribed by physicians with the utmost confi- 
dence, after long knowledge of its great efficacy, 
and the entire comfort and safety with which it 
may be used. To professional men and others 
whose occupations are sedentary, and to all suf- 
ferers from various forms of bilious disorders, it 
is invaluable. It contains enough of the laxative 
salts ('chloride of sodium and bicarbonate of mag- 
nesia) to render its effects certain without the 
addition or use of cathartic drugs ; and it pro- 
duces free and copious evacuations without in 
ajiy manner debilitating the alimentary canal or 
impairing the digestive powers of the stomach. 
At the same time it does not contain an excess of 
those salts, the presence of which in the cruder 
mineral waters, native and foreign, often renders 
them drastic and irritating, producing very 
serious disorders. 



TO SARATOGA. 63 

ANALYSIS BY PROF. C. F. CHANDLER. 

Laboratory of the School of Mines, Columbia College, 
New York, August iVth, 1871. 

The sample of Congress Spring Water, taken 
by me from the Spring, contains, in one United 
States gallon of 231 cubic inches : 

Chloride of Sodium 400.444 grains 

Chloride of Pot;issiurn .".'..*.*.'.*.".*.' * 8.049 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 121.757 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 143 899 " 

Bicarbonate of Lithia ' , . . 4.761 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda • 10.775 '' 

Bicarbonate of Baryta '. .' 0.928 " 

Bicarbonate of Iron 0.340 " 

Bicarbonate of Strontia a' trace. 

Bromide of Sodium 8.559 " 

Iodide of Sodium , 0. 138 " 

Sulphate of Potassa .' 0.889 " 

Phosphate of Soda ' . . 0.016 •' 

Silica 0.840 " 

Fluoride of Calcium ) 

Biborate of Soda. ...... ^ each a trace 

Alumina ) 

Total 700.895 grains. 

(varbouic Acid Gas 392.289 cubic inches. 

Crystal Spring (3 G).— This spring is said to 
have the same general character of the other 
springs, and to be quite as valuable as a medical 
agent. For some reason this spring has been 
closed, and the writer had some difficulty in locat- 
ing it, but for those who may be curious, we may 
say that the floor of the first one story building, 
(an art gallery) on the north side of the Columbian 
Hotel on South Broadway, now covers what was 
once known as the Crystal Spring. 



64 LEE'S GUIDE 

ANALYSIS. 

By PKOF. C. F. CHANDLER, of the Columbia School of Mines. 

Solid contents of one gallon, of 231 cubic inches. 

Chloride of Sodium 328.468 grains. 

Chloride of Potassium 8.327 " 

Bromide of Sodium 414 " 

Iodide of Sodium 066 *' 

Fhioride of Calcium trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lithia 4.326 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda 10.064 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 75 161 *' 

Bicarbonate of Lime 101.881 " 

Bicarbonate of Strontia trace. 

Bicarbonate of Baryta 726 " 

Bicarbonate of Iron 2.038 " 

Sulphate ot Potassa 2.158 " 

Phosphate of Soda 009 

Biborate of Soda trace. 

Alumina 305 " 

Siliica 3.213 

Organic matter trace. 

Total 537.155 

Carbonic Acid Gas 317.452 cubic inches 

Density 1 006 

Temperature 45°F. 

Diamond Spring. — The Diamond Spring is 
north-east of the Yichy, in its grounds, and is a 
chalybeate or iron spring, with ingredients very 
different from those of its near neighbor. It pos- 
sesses valuable tonic and diuretic prox)erties, and 
is specially recommended for those suffering from 
general debility: One glass is said to have the 
exhilarating effect of champagne, and remarkably 
efficient in curing many comiDlaints peculiar to 
the female sex. It contains a large amount of 



TO SARATOGA. 65 

carbonic acid gas, and bottles better than any iron 
water at Saratoga. This spring is the properly 
of the Saratoga Vichy Spring Company, but is 
not often di])ped, and has not been bottled for 
some time. We have been unable to get an 
analysis of this water. 

Empire Spring (6-16 H).— This sj)ring, one of 
the best in Saratoga, is located in the north i)art 
of the shallow valley that runs through the vil- 
lage. This spring is enck)sed in a pavilion in 
front of the bottling-house. For full information 
concerning this spring, call at the office of the 
Congress and Empire Spring Company, near Con- 
gress Hall. Although the existence of mineral 
water in this locality was known for a long time 
it was not until 1846 that any one thought it 
worth the necessary expense of excavation and 
tubing It was tubed by Messrs. AV. & H. S. 
Robinson, who were the owners of the property. 
It then passed into the hands of G-. W. Weston & 
Co. in 1848, who commenced bottling the water and 
making extensiv^e improvements, which were con- 
tinued by the next proprietors, D. A. Knowlton 
and the Saratoga Empire Spring Company. Un- 
til it became the property of the Congress and 
Empire Spring Company in 1865. 

The rock was struck twelve feet below the sur- 
face of the earth, and so copious was the flow of 



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water that the tubing proved to be a work of un- 
usual difficulty. When once accomplished, the 
water flowed in great abundance and purity. It 
soon attracted the attention of medical men, and 
was found to j)ossess curative pro^Derties wLich 
rendered it available in diseases which had not 
before been affected by Saratoga waters. It has 
proved itself adapted to a wide range of cases, 
especially of a chronic nature, and its peculiar 
value is recognized by eminent medical men. Its 
general properties closely resemble the Congress, 
although, from the presence of a larger quantity 
of magnesia in the Congress water, the operation 
of the latter is perhaps somewhat more pungent. 

It is especially adapted to the successful treat- 
ment of rheumatism and gout, which are certain 
to be improved or cured by its use ; and all 
eruptive diseases of the skin, pimjiles, blotches, 
and ulcers, are most effectually eradicated, while 
its purifying effect adds tone to the stomach, 
and invigorates the whole system. As a preven- 
tive or remedy for the diseases natural to warm 
climates, especially intermittent, gastric, and 
bilious fevers, dysenteries, and disorders of the 
liver this water is a remedy of remarkable efficacy. 

The column of water in the tube above the rock 
is nine and a half feet — the tube itself being- 
eleven and a half feet. The fountain yields the 
liberal supply of seventy -five gallons per hour. 



TO SARATOGA. 67 

ANALYSIS OF EMPIRE SPRING WATER. 

Br Prof. C. F. Ciiandi-er. 

One United States gallon (2:U cubic inches) of Empire Water containfj: 

Choloride of Sodimn ^'''Yofo^'""'^'' 

Choloride of Potassium .t'o"--^ " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia A^;: t^A 

Bicarbonate of Lime o'^a - 

Bicarbonate of Lithia --^^^ 



Bicarbonate of Soda 



0.022 



Bicarbonate of Baryta [^-^j;'^ ^^ 

Bicarbonate of Iron ^ ' ^'^ 

Bicarbonate of Strontia V!u^^^^' u 

Bromide of Sodium ^•-*^'*^ ^^ 

Iodide of Sodium ^J^-^^'}' ^, 

Sulphate of Potassa - '\-^ ,, 

Phosphate of Soda ;•-■■; ,^ 

Q.j- 1.4.)<'5 

Alumina.'.".*.' .".'.'.'. .' *^-^^*^ 

Fluoride of Calcium. ) 

Biborate of Soda. [ e^ach^race. 

Organic Matter. ) G80.436 grains 

Carbonic Acid Gas 34-1.669 cubic inches. 

Eureka Spking.— A few yards south of the 
White Sulpher Spring and close to the Eureka 
station is the mineral Euieka Spring. This water 
is highly charged with carbonic acid gas, making 
it one of the most pleasant to the taste of all the 
Saratoga waters. It is a superior tonic, diuretic 
and mild, cathartic. 

For some time this spring has been closed, but 
this season it will be open from 6 a. m., to 6 p. 
m., and will be under the management of Mr. G. 
N.'case, of the Eureka White Sulpher Spring. 



68 LEE'S GUIDE 

ANALYSIS. 
Of the Eureka Spring. 

By R. L. Allen, M. D. 

(iraiiiP. 

Chloride of Sodium 166 811 

Bicarbonate of Soda 8.7")0 

Bicarbonate of Lime 41.321 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 29 310 

Carbonate of Iron 3.000 

Iodide of Soda 4.666 

Bromide of Potassa 1.566 

Silica 532 

Alumina 231 

Sulphate of Magnesia 2.146 

Carbonic Acid Gas 239 000 

Atmospheric Air. . 2.t'00 

Eureka White Sulphur Sprixg. — This valu- 
able spring is situated about a mile east of the 
village, and about a quarter of a mile west of the 
Excelsior Spring. The water of this spring is used 
for bathing and drinking Its curative properties 
are fully established, there is a large and 
very commodious bathing-house, containing fifty 
baths, and supplied with every convenience for 
giving warm or cold sulphur baths at all hours 
of the day. The spring supplies a very import- 
ant element to the attractions of Saratoga. The 
other springs supply valuable mineral waters to 
be taken internally, -while the White Sulphur 
waters supply that very important element of 
medicinal effects produced by bathing. Persons 
afflicted with rheumatism or cutaneous diseases 
always receive, positive benefit, and generally are 



TO SARATOGA. 69 

completly cilred by using these batlis. The water 
is very pure, containing no mineral matter what- 
ever except sulphur. Male and female attendants 
are always at hand during bathing hours, and 
every convenience for luxurious and wholesome 
ba tiling is aiforded. The trains of the B. H. T. 
& W. R'y Company run at short intervals from 
the village to the bath-house. Fare each way, 
only five cents, in elegant and commodious cars. 
This spring water w^as analized by R. L. Allen, 
M. D., and he says in his report, "That the water 
of the Eureka White Sulphur Spring, is purely 
White Sulphur, and contains no other ingredients. 
It is equal to the best, and sui3erior to most in 
this State." 

Excelsior Spring (7-16 H) Is found in a beau- 
tiful valley, amid picturesque scenery, about a 
mile east of the Town Hall, and near the centre 
of Excelsior Park. The principal park entrance 
is on Lake avenue, half a mile from Circular 
street, or we may approach it by Spring avenue, 
which will lead us past most of the principal 
springs and the Loughberry water works, with its 
famous Holly machinery, by which the village is 
supplied with an abundance of the purest water 
from the Loughberry lake. Leaving the water 
works, we see just before us, as the avenue bends 
towards the Excelsior Spring, the fine summer 



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-^"-'%S- 



fck-^ 







SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



hotel known as the Mansion House. SniTounded 
by its grand old trees and beautiful lawn, it offers 
an inviting retreat from the heat and dust of our 
crowded cities. 

The spring is covered by a tasteful pavilion, 
which will be noticed just east of the little 
stream, and in front of the large bottling house 
beside the grove. The Union Spring is a little 
northwest of the Excelsior, and but a few steps 
removed. The valley in which these two springs 
are situated was formerly known as the ' ' Valley 
of the Ten Springs,*' but the present owners, after 
grading and greatly beautifying the grounds, 
changed its name in honor of the spring to Excel- 
sior Park. 

The tubing extends to a depth of fifty-six feet, 



TO SAHATOGA. 71 

eleven of which are in the solid rock. By this 
improvement the water flows with all its proper- 
ties undeteriorated, retaining from source to out- 
let its original purity and strength. For several 
y^ars the Excelsior Spring water has steadily 
increased in public favor, until its sale has 
become very large, and it is now to be found on 
draught or in bottles in nearly all the principal 
cities and towns of the United States. We must 
not fail to notice the perfect and very ingenious 
method, invented by the proprietors of this 
spring, for bottling and barreling the water. In 
the large and well-lighted cellar of the bottling 
house is a circular brick vault, in whose depths 
the process of filling is performed. A block- tin 
tube conveys the water directly from the spring 
to this vault, at a depth of twelve feet from the 
surface of the ground. By hydrostatic pressure 
the water is forced from the main tubing of the 
sx)ring through the smaller tube to the brick 
vault into air-tight barrels, or reservoirs, lined 
with pure block tin. These reservoirs contain 
two tubes, one of which extends from the top to 
the bottom of the barrel, the other being shorter. 
When '.these reservoirs are connected with the 
tube leading from the spring, the water is forced 
by hydrostatic pressure through the long tube 
into the barrel, and the air is driven out through 
the shorter tube, while the gas of the water is 



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not allowed to escape. To draw the water from 
the reservoirs, it is only necessary to attach the 
draught tube to the long tube of the barrel, and 
connef^t the shorter one with an air-pump, when 




the pressure of the air will force out the water 
without its being recharged with gas— pure, 
sparkling and as delicious as though it were taken 
directly from the sj^ring. 

Analysis of the Excelsior Spring Water. 
As analyzed by the late R. L. Allen, M.D,, of Saratoga Springs. 

Chloride of Sodium 370 642 grains . 

Carbonate of Lime 77 . OoO " 

Carbonate of Magnesia 32 333 *' 

Carbonate of Soda 15 000 " 

Silicate of Potassa , 7 . 000 " 

Carbonate of Iron 3.215 " 

Sulphate of Soda .., ... 1,321 

SiUcate of Soda , . . . 4 . 000 

Iodide of Soda 4 235 " 

Bromide of Potassa a trace . 

Sulphate of Stroatia a trace 



Solid contents in a gallon ,..514 746 grains . 

Carbonic Acid 250 cubic inches . 

Atmosphere 3 " 



Oaseous contents ....,,.,....,, 253 cubic inches. 



TO SARATOGA. 



73 




EYSER SPRING.— The Geysei 
Spring' is near Geyser Lake, 
about a mile and a quarter from 
the village. To reach it, go up 
South Broadway, turn to the 
right on Ballston avenue, and 
follow this avenue until you 
cross the railway of the D. & H. 
C. Co., when the large brick 
bottling house, with the inscrip- 
tion "Geyser Spring," will be seen across the 
lake to left. Follow the carriage road, turning to 
the left, and you will soon iind yourself at the 
entrance to the spring and bottling house, and in 
the midst of the most interesting spring region 
of Saratoga. Visitors are most cordially wel- 
comed to the spring and grounds by the owners 
of the i^roiDerty, the Geyser Spring Co., and per- 
fect freedom is accorded to all visitors to drink the 
waters, inspect the work of bottling, and to stroll 
through the beautiful grounds surrounding the 
springs. As you enter the spring- house, directly 
in front of you in the centre of the building, is 
this marvelous spouting spring, sending forth a 
powerful stream of water to the very toj) of the 
building, which, in descending to its surrounding 
basin, sprays into a thousand crystal streams, 
forming a beautiful fountain, ever flowing, and 
charming to behold. 



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The orifice bored in tlie rock is five and a half 
inches in diameter and one hundred and thirty- 
two feet deep. The rock formation consists of a 
stratum of slate eighty feet thick, beneath Avhich 
lies the stratum of birdseye limestone in which 
the mineral vein was struck. The orifice is tubed 
with a block-tin pipe, encased with iron,' to the 
depth of eighty-five feet, the object being to 
bring the water through the soft slate formation, 
as the immense pressure and force of the gas 
would cut the slate, thereby causing impurities 
in the water. Before leaving the house, record 
your name in the visitors' register on the desk to 
the right of the entrance. On this register are the 
names of over one hundred thousand visitors who 
visited the spring during last season, thus attest- 
ing to the great popularity of this interesting- 
phenomenon. Omnibuses are employed daily in 
the season in bringing visitors from the village to 
this celebrated spring. 

This spring was discovered in 1870 by Messrs. 
Vail & Seary. It then passed into the hands of 
Messrs. Settle & Gary, and by them during the 
past year duly incorporated as the Geyser Spring 
Co. Mr. Allen W. Evarts is president and Mr. 
Settle is the treasurer. An immense amount of 
this celebrated water is bottled and^ shipped to 
all parts of the Union. This water is specially 
recommended for dyspepsia and kidney diseases. 



TO SARATOGA. 75 

In the centre of the room is an artistical basin, 
about six feet square, and from the bottom 
rises an iron pipe. From this pipe leaps the 
creamy water of- the spring. To allow it full 
play, there is an opening in the ceiling, and here 
it rises and falls, day and night, continually. At 
one side a faucet, with a nose like a soda foun- 
tain, enables one to draw a glass. The water boils 
and bubbles out, mingled with bubbles of gas 
precisely like cream soda, and all who care may 
have a free drink. When the bubbles have es- 
caped, the water has a wonderful purity that 
tempts one to drink bountifully. It is a delight- 
ful beverage, and leaves none of those unpleasant 
effects observable in the use of many other of the 
Saratoga waters. 

The proprietors have recently added a patent 
bottling process, by means of which all the car- 
bonic acid gas is retained in the water when bot- 
tled. 

Prof. C. F. Chandler, Ph.D., of Columbia Col- 
lege School of Mines, a few weeks after its dis- 
covery, made the following analysis from water 
collected by him at that time, demonstrating the 
great value of the Geyser as a medicinal spring : 



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Analysis of One U. S. Gallon. 

Chloride of Sodium 562 . 080 grains . 

Chloride of Potassium 24.634 ' 

Ikomide of Sodium 2.212 " 

Iodide of Sodium 0.248 

Fluoride of Calcium trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lithia 9.004 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda ... 71 . 232 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 149 343 

Bicarbonate of Lime 168.392 '' 

Bicarbonate of Strontia 0.425 '* 

Bicarbonate of Baryta 2 .014 '* 

Bicarbonate of Iron 0.979 '• 

Sulphate of Potassa 0.318 " 

Phosphate of Soda trace . 

Biborate of Soda trace . 

Alumina trace. 

Silica 0.665 

Organic matter trace. 

Total solid contents 991 . 546 grains . 

Carbonic Acid Gas in one U S Gallon 455.082 cub in. 

Density 1.011 

Temperature 46^ Pah. 

Hamilton Spuixg (8-7 H).— The Hamilton 
Spring is located on Spring street, corner of Put- 
man street, nearly opposite Hatliorn Spring This 
spring water is equally as good as the majority of 
the springs of Saratoga, but it has not been taken 
up by capitalists. This spring is another of the 
many which were discovered and tubed by 
Gideon Putman, in the early part of the j) resent 
century. It was re tubed and placed in its present 
condition by the late Dr. Clarke, to whom the 
village and the public at large are so much in- 
debted for improvements, not only in the develojp- 



TO SAKATOGA. 77 

ment of the mineral resources of tlie valley, but 
for contributions to the growth and beauty of the 
town in many valuable \vays. The spring was 
named after the late General Hamilton. The 
water rises in the tube almost to the level of the 
ground, bubbling up by means of the rapid es- 
cape of fixed air, not unlike a boiling spring. 
During the past thirty or forty years it has been 
employed satisfactorily as an alterative. It is 
beneficial also as a cathartic, in cases of weak 
stomachs. This spring is very popular and ranks 
high as a diuretic, audit has long been celebrated 
for its good effects in gravelly and calculous 
affections. In scrofula and indeed all other in- 
dolent swellings of the glands, the water of this 
spring, together with that of the Columbian, will 
unquestionably take the preference. 

It is owing to the iodine wdiich these waters 
contain that they have become so famous in the 
cure of strumous affections. This water is free 
to all, who choose to go and drink it, no regular 
bottling trade has been done, but any one desir- 
ing the water sent to them may address their 
orders to Mr. C. L. Wiggins, Saratoga Springs, 
N. Y. and they will be attended to. 

The following ingredients were obtained from 
one gallon, by an analysis by Dr. John H. Steele 
in 1831, viz. : 



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Choloride of Sodium 297. 3000 grains. 

Carbonate of Lime . 92.400 " 

Carbonate of Iron 5.390 " 

Hydriodate of Soda 3.000 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda 27.036 *' 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 35.200 " 

Hydrobromate of Potash trace. 

Solid contents in one gallon 460.326 *' 

Carbonic acid gas 316.000 Cub. in. 

Atmospheric air 4.000 " 

Gaseous contents in a gallon 320.000 " 



Hathorn Spring (9-6 G).— This spring was 
discovered June 20fch, 1868, from which time it 
has progressively grown in favor as a medicinal 
water, of efficient power in the cure and allevia- 
tion of diseases of a certain class, known among 
medical men as functional derangements of the 
digestive system. 

This spring is on Spring street, and opposite 
Congress Hall, and is named in honor of the 
proprietor the Hon. E. H. Hathorn, who first 
developed the spring, and built the famous Con- 
gress Hall. The spring has had four tubings the 
cost of which has been about $15,000, and is now 
considered one of the most valuable springs m 
Saratoga. Although this spring cannot compare 
in age with many of the springs, yet it has at- 
tained a wide spread popularity, and its water 
may be found on sale by druggists in nearly every 
town of note in the union. This water is 
also exported to Europe. The water contains 
888.403 grains of solid contents to the gallon ; 



TO SARATOGA. 79 

Carbonic acid gas 375.747 inches ; Density 1,009. 
From the analysis we append, it will be found 
that Hathorn water, contains comparitively a 
small quantity of salts, excepting chloride of 
sodium, and that it contains more lithia than any 
Saratoga water, viz : — 11-447. The spring is open 
during the season from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. 

The following is the analysis by Prof. Chandler 
made in 1869. 

Analysis of the Hathorn Spring: 

Chloride of sodium 509.968 grains. 

Chloride of potassium 9 597 " 

Bromine of sodium 1.584 " 

Iodide of sodium 198 " 

Flouride of calcium a trace. 

Bicarbonate of lithia 1 1 447 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda 4.288 " 

Bicarbonate of magnesia. 170.463 " 

Bicarbonate of lime 170.646 " 

Bicarbonate of strontia a trace. 

Bicarbonate of baryta 1.787 " 

Bicarbonate of iron 1.128 " 

Phosphate of soda 006 " 

Biborate of soda a trace. 

Alumnia 131 " 

Silica 1.260 " 

Organic a trace. 

Total solid contents 888.403 

High Rock Spuing (10-14 G).— This wonder- 
ful mineral fountain is located on ISimng avenue, 
from Broadway turn down Rock street in the 
northern portion of the village. 

The High Rock is the oldest, in point of dis- 
covery, of the Saratoga springs. As early as 



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1767 Sir Wiliam Jolinson was brought to it on a 
litter by his Indian friends of the Mohawk tribe. 
It takes its name from the dome shaped rock — a 
su^Derb vase of nature's unassisted workmanship) 
— Avhich is justly considered the most remarkable 
curiosity in the vicinity. The mound of stone, 
three or four feet high, a2:>pears like a miniature 
volcano. Eminent scientists estimate that the 
formation of this rock has taken not less than 
five thousand eight hundred and seventy years. 

The High Rock Spring, which may be looked 
upon as the father of all these healing waters, 
has stood the test of over a century. It is a 
superior tonic and cathartic, as well as alterative. 
It is useful in Rheumatism, Scrofula, Dyspex)sia, 
Constipation, and a wide range of diseases. 

Great pains have been taken, and no expense 
spared, in retubing and putting in perfect work- 
ing order this old, and for many years the only 
known mineral spring at Saratoga. The utmost care 
has been taken not only to keep out all impure 
and fresh waters, but also to preserve and retain 
the fixed carbonic acid gas, for which this spring 
is so pre-eminently celebrated; and the proprietors 
are now able to supply pure mineral water. 

As an aparient or cathartic the water should ba 
taken in the morning, half an hour before break- 
fast, its temperature not over cool — same tem- 
perature as sleeping-room. For instant action 
warm the water slightly. 



TO SARATOaA. 81 

As a tonic the water should be taken cool and 
in small quantities. When drank at meals or at 
lunch, as an ordinary beverage, the system will 
retain the minerals with strengthening and stimu- 
lating effect. 

The High Rock water cures biliousness, corrects 
acidity of the stomach, and relieves nervous or 
feverish irritation and headache. 

Perhaps there is no other class of mineral 
water drinkers who enjoy a visit to Saratoga so 
much, or who realize so fully and so speedily the 
benefit arising from drinking the water, as the 
class of persons known as ''free liv^ers," They 
suffer from no organic lesions of the stomach, 
but rather from functional disturbance of that 
organ, arising from too much food. But when 
daily drinking the water they are wholly exempt 
from all inconvenience arising from such surfeit. 

The acid products which would follow such 
free living under other circumstances, and which 
would be sure to produce sleepless nights, with 
morbid, nerrous and cerebral symptoms, are 
wholly prevented by the use of this Avater, and 
refreshing sleep is fully enjoyed. 

So congenial is this mineral water to the 
stomach that it will tolei'ate much larger quanti- 
ties of it than of any other fiuid known ; and 
when taken in suitable ipiantity, it imx)arts a 
vigor to the stomach unknown to follow any me- 



82 LEE'S GUIDE 

dicinal agent, while at the same time it corrects 
all acids. 

All such of the above class as have become 
more or less diseased from liberal living may 
have their stomachs restored to a healthy condi- 
tion by the use of this water, without being 
deprived of a full daily diet during the time of 
treatment. 

When the water is taken in the morning, fast- 
ing, it removes, without debility, the remnants 
of the previous day's food, and leaves the organs 
in a condition to act freely in their natural ca- 
pacity upon the next x^o^^tion of ingesta which 
may be presented to them, unincumbered by the 
debris of worn-out tissue. 

In 1868 a superb colonnade — a pavilion within 
a pavilion — was erected over the spring, at an ex- 
pense of over $5,000. It is of Gothic architec- 
ture, surmounted by a mosque-like dome and an 
immense gilded eagle, making it indeed a most 
attractive pagoda, and later, a large and commo- 
dious bottling-house adjacent thereto. The High 
Rock water is bottled very extensively, and is 
also supplied in block- tin lined barrels of various 
sizes. For j)rices and circulars, address the High 
Rock Spring Co. 

Appended is an analysis made by Prof. C. F. 
Chandler, who personally collected the water for 
his analysis ; 



TO SARATOGA. 83 

Analysis of One U. S Gallon of High Rock Water. 

Chloride of Sodium 390 127 grains. 

Chloride of Potassium 8.497 

Bromide of Sodium 0.731 '* 

Iodide of Sodium 0.086 " 

Fluoride of Calcium trace. 

Sulphate of Potassa 1 . 608 

Bicarbonate of Baryta trace. 

Bicarbonate of Strontia trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lime 131 . 739 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 54. 924 

Bicarbonate of Soda 34 . 888 '* 

Bicarbonate of Iron 1 478 

Phosphate of Lime trace . 

Alumina 1 . 223 " 

Silica 2 260 

Total 628.039 grains. 

Carbonic Acid Gas 409 .458 cubic inches. 

Magnetic Spring (14-lG G). — The Saratoga 
Magnetic spring is situated on Spring avenue, in 
the valley opi^osite the Seltzer spring. It is un- 
like all other springs in Saratoga, having that 
wonderful magnetic influence, which is one of 
the great marvels of nature. It is not an old 
spring, but its healing powers and properties 
have been thoroughly tested, and found to be 
highly valuable. The waters are not bottled, but 
are used for bathing x>^^i'P^^ses. Quite a large 
number of convenient baths have been built at. 
the s[)ring, and special apartments for ladies 
liave been provided. The baths are found to be 
highly efficacious in the cure of rheumatism, neu- 
ralgia, cutaneous and nervous affections, and 
have a perceptible tonic influence upon the sys. 



84 LEE'S GUIDE 

tern. Its valuable qualities are recognized by 
physicians and residents of Saratoga, and have 
added another and peculiar feature to this avou- 
derfully rich mineral spring region. All should 
visit this spring, and while there you may have 
your knife magnetized by a bath in the spring if 
you choose. The baths are open from 7 a.m. to 
P.M. daily, and attendants are at call. 

It has been found that the facilities for ba tiling 
have not kept pace with the demand. Hence, it 
is the intention of Messrs. Slocum Brothers, the 
proprietors, to make a considerable addition to 
the present building. 

MiNis-EHAHA Spring (11-15 H).— This spring 
is located a few rods east of the Excelsior spring. 

We have been unable to obtain any analysis of 
this water, and believe it has never been ana- 
lyzed. The spring is rarely opened, and the 
water is not bottled. This spring belongs to 
Mr. F. W. Lawrence. 

Pavilion Spuing (12-10 G).— The Pavilion 
spring is located in the United States Pai'k, be-^ 
tween Caroline street and Lake avenue, a block 
east of Broadway. It is surrounded by beautiful 
shade trees. Though but five feet from the United 
States spring, the waters are entirely different in 
their taste and nature. 

This spring, although discovered long before. 



TO SARATOGA. 85 

was not tubed till 1839. In 1869 tlie spring was 
re tubed, and by driving the tube down ten feet 
into the solid rock, the mineral quality increased. 

The location of tlie Pavilion spring is central, 
being only a few steps from the business portion 
of the village and the various hotels. The water 
possesses a x)ungent taste, yet is pleasant and ex- 
hilarating. In general, the properties are ca- 
thartic, diuretic and tonic. It is particularly 
good in bilious diseases, scrofula, rheumatism, 
etc. 

The sulphate of potassa and the bicarbonate of 
lithia in large quantities are found only in this 
spring. 

Analysis of Pavilion Water. 

Chloride of Sodium 459 903 grains. 

Chloride of Potassium 7 660 '• 

Bromide of Sodium 0.987 " 

Iodide of Sodium 0.071 

Fluoride of Calcium trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lithia 9.486 '» 

Bicarbonate of Soda 'i 704 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 76 . 267 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 120.169 

Bicarbonate of Strontia trace. 

Bicarbonate '»f Baryta 0. 875 

Bicarbonate of Iron 2 r)70 " 

Sulphate of Potassa 2 .033 " 

Phosphate of Soda 0.007 " 

Biborate of Soda trace . 

Alumina 329 " 

Silica. 3.155 " 

Organic matter t . • trace . 



Total 687 275 grains. 

Carbonic Acid Gas, 332 458 cubic inches. Density, 1.0075, con- 
tained in U. S. gallon of 231 cubic inches. 

August 9, 18G9. C. F. CHANDLER. 



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Putnam Spring (13-9 G).— The Putnam spring 
is located on Phila. street, one block north of Ha- 
thorn spring. The new Putnam is used for 
drinking purposes, and will bear favorable com- 
parison with many of the more noted springs. 
The old Putnam is mainly used for bathing pur- 
poses. Suitable rooms and every convenience 
will be found at the Phila. street entrance. 

This spring was tubed in 183o by Mr. Lewis 
Putnam. 

Analysis of the Putnam. Spring, 

Chloride of Sodium 220.000 grains. 

Carbonate of Soda 15.321 

Carbonate of Magnesia 45 500 " 

Carbonate of Lime 70 .483 " 

Carbonate of Iron 5 333 " 

Iodide of Soda 2 500 " 

Silex ;ind Alumina 1500 " 

Solid contents 360.587 grains. 

Carbonic Acid 317.753 cubic inches. 

Atmospheric Air 3 . 080 

Gaseous contents 320 . 833 cubic inches . 

Temperature 48 deg. 

Red Spring (14-16 H).— This spring justly 
celebrated for its curative properties, is located 
on Spring avenue, just north of the Empire 
spring, and within easy walking distance 
from the principal hotels. There is also a 
station at the spring on line of the B. H. T. & W. 
R' y . It was discovered in 1770, and in 1784 a 
bath-house was erected at the spring for the cure 
of eruptive and skin diseases. The efficacy of 



TO SARATOGA. ^1 

the water was demonstrated, and since then, it 
has become celebrated throughout the entire 
country. Hundreds of testimonials from eminent 
people who have used the water both at the 
spring and at their homes, attest its efficacy as a 
remedial agent. It is a powerful antacid, and 
is especially adapted to rheumatic and gouty 
affections. It also neutralizes, by its alkaline 
I)roperties those acids which produce dyspej)sia 
and its allied diseases. In a general sense, its 
therapeutic effects are alterative, and is especially 
adapted to inflamed mucous surfaces. Scrofula, 
dyspepsia, kidney difficulties, salt rheum, in- 
flamed eyes, granulated eyelids, are among the 
diseases which are cured by this water. Its gene- 
ral effect is to tone up the system, regulate the 
secretions, and vitalize the blood, thereby creating 
an improved appetite and better assimilation. 
During the summer season the spring is thronged 
with visitors. More than a hundred gallons of 
water are daily taken away by real invalids, be- 
sides that which is drank at the spring. The 
effect of the water, as an alterative, is far superior 
to that of any other spring, and so great that 
small quantities produce the desired results, adap 
ting it wonderfully to the weakest stomachs in 
cases of extreme chronic disease. This quality 
of the water is due to the peculiar combination 
of its ingredients. # 



88 LEE'S GtTlDE 

Tlie present owners, the Red Spring Company, 
retubed the spring a few years ago, and erected a 
spacious bottling-liouse provided with ample 
facilities for bottling the water, in order to keep 
l)ace with the increasing demand for the water 
from non-resident patrons. 

They have also laid out the surrounding 
grounds in nice style, and also improved the drive 
to the spring. This spring was the second one 
found, and one of the two that for many years 
were the only ones known. These two laid the 
foundation for Saratoga's unrivalled prosperity 
and success. For more than one hundred years 
the ^'Old Red Spring," as it is familiarly called, 
has been giving up its healing fountain to the 
world, and has accomi)lished a vast number of 
cures, During this time it has steadily grown in 
public esteem, and has received the most flattering 
recognition from the medical profession. Since 
it was carefully and thoroughly retubed in 1871, 
its remedial virtues have seemed to increase. 

The following is the analysis of the Red Spring 
Water, made by Prof. John H. Appleton, the 
distinguished i^'ofessor of chemistry in Brown 
University, R. I. The amounts specify the num- 
ber of grains of the various substances in one im- 
l)erial gallon of the water : 



TO SARATOGA. 89 

Bicarbonate of litliia Lio, ITO, 2, CO; .012 grains 

Bicarbonate of soda NaO,I[(), 2, CO; 15.327 " 

Bicarbonate of magnesia .AlgO, 110, 2, CO; 42.413 ' 

Bicarl)onate of lime CaO, iIO, 2, CO; 101.256 " 

Chloride of .-sodium NaCl, 83.530 " 

Chloride of potassintn KCl, ().S57 " 

Alumina and se.squioxide of iron 2.100 " 

Silica 3.225 '' 

Phosphates a trace. 

Total 254. 7 KJ grains. 

Seltzer Spiuxa (15-14 G).— The Seltzer Spring 
is close to High Koc.k Spring, and in the neighbor- 
hood of the Star and Eminre. -Although in such 
close proximity thereto, its water is entirely dif- 
ferent, thus illustrating the wonderful extent and 
capacity of nature's subterranean laboratory. 

This is the only Seltzer spring in this country. 
The character of the water is almost identical 
with that of the celebrated Nassau sirring of Ger. 
many, which is justly esteemed so delicious by 
the natives of the ''Fatherland." 

The water of this spring is very pleasant to the 
taste, being slightly acidulous and saline, but 
much milder than that of the other Saratoga 
s[)rings. It is an agreeable and wholesome beve- 
rage. When mixed with still wines, etc., it adds 
the peculiar ilavor only to be derived from a 
])ure, natural Seltzer. It enlivens them and gives 
rhem the character of sparkling wines. 

This si)ring is the property of the Saratoga 
Seltzer Spring Company, wiio possess a most 
valuable spring, a bottling-house equal to any in 



90 LEE'S GUIDE 

Saratoga. Yet for some reason, this spring is 
not, nor has it been for some time oj)en to the 
public. The writer tried to obtain a drink of tliis 
water, but was met at the entrance to the spring 
by a herd of buflPaloes, who keep watcli and ward 
over this wonderful spring, day and night, the 
year through. 

Analysis of Seltzer Water. 
By C. F. Chandler, Pn. D. 

In one gallon of 231 cubic inches are contained : 

Chloride of Sodium 134.291 grains 

Chloride of Potassium 1.335 " 

Promide of Sodium 0.630 " 

Iodide of Sodium 0,031 '* 

Fluoride of Calcium trace. 

Picarbonate of Litliia 0.899 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda 29.428 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 40 339 '' 

Bicarbonate of Lime 89 869 " 

Bicarbonate of Stiontia. trace. 

Bicarbonate of Baryta trace. 

Bicarbonate ot Iron 1.703 

Sulphate of Potassa 557 " 

Biborate of Soda trace, 

Pniosphate of Soda trace. 

Alumina 0.374 " 

Silica 2.561 " 

Total 302.017 grains. 

Carbonic Acid Gas 324.08 cubic inches 

Temperature of Water Spring, Saratoga, 50^ Fah- 

Star Spring (16-15 G.)— This spring, situated 
about midway between the High Rock and Em- 
pire springs, was formerly known as the Presi- 
dent and later still as the Iodine. It is over half 
a century since its waters were first known and 



TO SARATOGA. 



91 



used, but their full virtues were not developed 
until 18G2, when the water was traced to its rocky 
sources, and the spring tubed in tlie best manner. 
In 1880 it was retubed, tlie tubing cariied forty- 
four feet into solid rock, securing perfect freedom 
from surface waters, 

Since then the Saratoga Star spring lias greatly 
increased its popularity as a mineral water, and 
is now recognized as one of the leading waters in 
the principal markets. The water is largely 




charged with carbonic acid gas, which renders it 
peculiarly valuable as a bottling water, since it 
preserves its freshness much longer than waters 
containing a smaller amount of gas. 

AVhile the immediate effects of the Star water 
are cathartic, in remote effects are alterative, and 



92 LEE'S GUIDE 

these, after all, should be considered the most 
important, as the water thus reaches and changes 
the morbid condition of the whole system, giving 
the Star water the high repute Avhich it has main- 
tained from its first discovery. For the following 
complaints it has been used with marked advan- 
tage: scrofula, cutaneous eruptions, bilious affec- 
tions, rheumatism, gravel, calculus, suppression, 
fevers, dyspepsia, constipation, diabetes, kidney 
complaints, loss of appetite and liver difficulties. 
Owing to the great amount of iodine with which 
the water is charged, it was always held in high 
esteem by invalids, especially those suffering from 
chronic rheumatism, scrofulous complaints, cuta- 
neous eruptions, etc. 

The following analysis was made at different 
times, extending over a period of thirty years, by 
Prof. C. F. Chandler ; also by Dr. Steele and 
Prof. Emmons. The result shows that the great 
medicinal properties of the Star water consist in 
the large quantity of iodine and bromide of so- 
dium, being two 'grains of iodine and fourteen 
grains of bromide to each quart. 

Analysis. 

Chloride of Sodium 378 962 grains. 

Chloride of Potassium 9.229 " 

Bromide of Sodium 65 650 " 

Iodide of Sodium or Iodine '. 8.000 " 

Sulphate of Fotassa 5 400 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 120 549 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 61 , 912 " 

]■. carbonate of Soda 12.662 " 

Bicarbonate of Iron 1.213 " 

Silica 1.283 « 

Phosphate of Lime , trace. 

Solid contents in a gallon. . . 615.685 grains. 

Carbonic Acid Gas, 407.55 cubic inches in a gallon. 



TO SARATOGA. 93 

A New Spring. — Mr. D. H. Porter, proprietor 
of the Star spring, has had drilling operations 
going on for some time in close proximity to the 
Star sirring, hoping to tap a vein of mineral water 
that would gash up into a veritable *' geyser." A 
depth of eighty feet was reached, at which an entire 
new vein was struck and although it rises no higher 
than the surface of the earth, it seems to be inex- 
haustable. A rotary pnmp was attached and run 
by steam power for twenty-four hours, without 
causing it to recede more than twelve feet from 
the' surface. There is, as there always is under 
natural conditions, a quantity of fresh water 
mixed with that from the mineral vein, which 
will require a peculiar tubino^ to exclude ; but 
enough is known of the vein to state that it is of 
an excellent quality, and in some respects unlike 
any other of the numerous mineral waters which 
have made Saratoga famous. An expert water- 
taster said in describing it : " It is less saline than 
the Empire, more strongly impregnated with gas 
than the High Rock, and of tlie excellent Havor 
of the Vichy." The spring will be tubed in a 
few days ; but it is Mr. Porter's present intention 
to continue tlie work to a far greater dex)th, 
nothing doubting but that a "spouter" can be 
reached. 

Triton Spring. — On the east side of the Gey- 
ser Lake this valuable spring spouts twenty feet 
into the air, a pure Kissingen water, whose prop- 
erties are emjDhatically tonic and ajperient, altera- 



94 LEE^S GUIDE 

tive and solvent. It is not easy to imagine a more 
happy combination of gentle purgative, depura- 
tive and alterative salts than is found in the Sara- 
toga Kissingen, from the Triton spouting spring. 

This is purely a liver water. It was discovered 
in the year 1872 by experimental drilling in the 
solid rock, the mineral vein having been struck 
at a depth of one hundred and ninety-two feet. 
Being one of the group of the celebrated spouting 
springs, a jet of the water is constantly thrown 
up to a height of from twenty to thirty feet by 
the force of its own carbonic acid gas. 

The following analysis, made by J as. R. Nich- 
ols & Co., Boston, in 1872, gives the amount of 
ingredients, named in grains, of one U. S. gallon 
of 231 cubic inches : 

Analysis of Triton Spring Water. 

Chloride of Sodium * 23S . 500 grains . 

Cliloride of Potassium 16.980 " 

Bromide of Sodium 1 . 800 " 

Iodide of Sodium 0.042 " 

Fluoride of Calcium trace 

Bicarbonate of Lithia 5.129 *' 

Bicarbonate of Soda 67. 617 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 70.470 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 40.260 " 

Bicarbonate of Strontia trace. 

Bicarbonate of Baryta 0.992 " 

Bicaibonate of Iron 1 . 557 " 

Sulphate of Potassa trace. 

Alumina trace. 

Silica ,.... 1.280 " 

Organic matter trace. 



Total solid contents in one U. S. gallon 544.627 grains. 

Temperature 40 deg . Fah . 

Density 1 . 0060 

Cubic inches C02 in one gallon 36 1 . 5 

Total residue by evaporation 432 . 634 



TO SARATOGA. 95 

Uniott Sprhstg (17-16 H).— The Union Spring, 
is about ten rods northwest of Excelsior Spring, 
and was originally known as the Jackson Spring. 
The water was, however, but imperfectly secured 
until the present proprietors had the spring retubed 
in 1868. The water of the Union Spring acts as a 
mild cathartic when taken before breakfast. 
Drank at other times during the day, it is a very 
agreeable and healthful beverage. The water is 
of excellent strength, the ratio of magnesia to 
lime being unusually large, and an almost entire 
absence of iron. The water is bottled and put up 
in barrels similar to the Excelsior water ; the 
spring being the property of Mr. F. W. Lawrence, 
the pro2:)rietor of the Excelsior. 

Analysis of the Union Spring Water. 

By Prof. C. F. Chandler. 

Contains in one U. S. Gallon of 231 cubic inches: 

Chloride of Sodium .458.299 grains 

Chloride of Potassium 8.733 " 

Bromide of Sodium 1.307 '* 

Iodide of Sodium 0. 039 " 

Fluoride of Calcium trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lithia .... 2.()05 ' 

Bicarbonate of Soda • 17.010 *' 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 109 t»85 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 9G 703 " 

Bicarbonate of Strontia a trace. 

Bicarbonate of Baryta 1.703 " 

Bicarbonate of Iron 0.209 " 

Sulphate of Potassa 1.818 " 

Phosphate of Soda 0.026 " 

Biborate of Soda trace. 

Alumina 0. 321 

Silica 2,053 " 

Organic matter trace. 

Total solid contents. . 701.174 " 

Carbonic Acid Gas in one gallon 384.909 cubic inches. 

Temperature 48°F. 



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United States Spring (12-10 G). — This spring 
is located in United States Park, five feet from 
Pavilion Spring, though the two springs are en- 
tirely diiferent. It is covered with the same 
handsome pavilion. While excavating for the 
purpose of re tubing the Pavilion spring in 1809, 
a new spring, flowing from the east, was discov- 
ered. This has been tubed, its waters analyzed, 
and they are now presented to the puWic. This 
w^ater is more gentle in its action and more tonic 
in its effects. As a tonic, from a half to two 
tumblers several times during the day is neces- 
sary. 

Analysis of United States Water. 

Chloride of Sodium 141. 872 grains. 

Chloride of Potassium 8.624 " 

Bromide of Sodium 844 " 

Iodide of Sodium 047 '' 

Fluoride of Calcium a trace. 

Bicarbonate of Lithia 4.847 " 

Bicarbonate of Soda 4.666 " 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 72.883 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 92. 119 " 

Bicarbonate of Strontia 018 

Bicarbonate of Baryta 908 *' 

Bicarbonate of Iron 714 " 

Sulphate of Potassa none 

Biborate of Soda trace. 

Phosphate of Soda 016 

Alumina 094 '• 

Silica 3.184 " 

Organic Matter a trace. 

Total 331.837 grains. 

Carbonic Acid Gas 245.734 cubic inches. — Density 1.0035, contained 
inU. S. gallon of 231 cubic inches. 
August 9, 1869. C. F. CHANDLER. 



TO SARATOGA. 97 

ViciiY Spuing. — This Spring is located on 
Balls ton avenue, opposite Geyser Spring. It was 
discovered in the year 1872, by drilling to the 
dei)th of one hundred and eighty feet — through 
thirty feet of earth and one hundred and lifty 
feet of solid rock. The water flows from its 
source to the surface through glass lined tubing, 
and so is conveyed to the bottles perfectly pure. 
This spring contains more soda and less salt than 
any other Saratoga water, and takes special rank 
among the mineral waters of this famous Spa, 
from its* similarity to the Vichy waters of France. 
It is the only Alkaline AVater found in Saratoga, 
and although of comparative recent discovery the 
Vichy is taking a high and justly deserved rank. 

For some time the business of the Vichy has 
been doubling upon itself annually and imj)rove- 
ment of the grounds and its business facilities 
have gone hand in hand with it. The spring 
furnishes a flowing stream scarcely half an inch 
in diameter, but it is constant and of unvarying 
quality and supplies and delights multitudes who 
visit the spring or drink it in distant cities where 
it may be had. Last year it was visited by fully 
100,000 peox)le. Situated on the banks of the 
little lake at Geyserville, a recent extension car- 
ries the pavilion to the water' s edge and makes a 
very pleasant resting place, with a very pictures- 
que view. The water comes from a Assure in the 



98 LEE'S GUIDE 

limestone rock 180 feet below tlie surface and for 
shipment in bulk is drawn into heavy block tin- 
lined casks. It is also bottled and sold by the 
case like other waters. The company now has 
upwards of 400 tin- lined casks, Avhich are con- 
stantly on the road to or from the spring. Its 
merits are best set forth by the numberless testi- 
monials which ihe company have received. The 
owners show a commendable enterprise in keep- 
ing the avenue sprinkled throughout the season 
and every one who goes to Saratoga should not 
fail to visit this charming locality. 

Since last season, great and important altera- 
tions has been made at Vichy spring. The pa- 
vilion covering the spring has been extended 
twenty feet, bringing it clear to the lake. A new 
carriage drive has been made, so that i^eople in 
carriages can drive right around withon t turning. 
The bottling-house has also been considerably ex- 
tended, and the accomodation for bottling and 
filling barrels very materially increased. - Visitors 
can now see, or are gladly shown, the different 
processes by which the Saratoga Vichy water is 
taken direct from the spring, and made ready for 
shipi^ing. This water is very highly recom- 
mended by leading physicians, and is held in 
such high esteem that we found on making per- 
sonal inquiries that it is the only w^ater sold on 
draught and in bottles by every druggist in Sara- 
toga,. 



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The following analysis, made by Prof. C F. 
Chandler, of Columbia College School of Mines, 
demonstrates its value as an alkaline water supe- 
rior to the French Vichy. 

Analysis of Vichy "VVater. 
Contained in one U. S gallon of 231 cubic inches. 

Chloride of Sodium 128.689 grains. 

Chloride of Totassium , 14.1 13 " 

Bromide of Sodium 0.990 

Iodide of Sodium trace. 

Fluoride of Ciilcium trace. 

Kicarbonate of Lithia 1.760 " 

Bicarb .nate of Soda S'i.S^S 

Bicarbonate of Mas^ne^ia 41 503 " 

Bicarbonate of Lime 9."). 522 " 

Bicarltonate of Strontia . . trace. 

Bicarl,onate of liarvta 0.593 

Bicarbonate of Iron 0.052 " 

Sulphate ot Potassa trace. 

Phosphate of Soda. trace. 

Biborate of Soda. . trace. 

Alumina 3.473 " 

Silica 0.758 " 

Organic matter trace. 

Carbonic Acid Gas in one gallon 383.071 cubic inches- 
Temperature '. 50 deg . Fah . 

Washington Spring (18-8 G).— The AVash- 
ington spring is within the grounds of the Clar- 
(^ndon Hotel, on South Brt^adway. It is a chaly. 
beate or iron spring, having tonic and diuretic 
proi)erties. It is not a saline water; and the 
peculiar inky taste of iron is perceptible. It 
should be drank in the afternoon or evening, 
before or after meals, or just before retiring One 
glass is sufTicient for tonic purposes. Many 



TO SARATOGA. 101 

regard this as the most agreeable beverage in 
Saratoga. Its lively and sparkling character has 
acquired for it the name of the ^'Champagne 
spring." It is a very popular spring, and in the 
afternoon is tlironged with visitors. Its grounds 
are very picturesque, and in the evening are 
lighted with gas. 

For dyspepsia, all affections of the kidneys, 
dropsy, chronic diarrhoea, general debility, and 
all those irregularities and distressing diseases 
known only to the female sex, it will be found to 
produce the most beneficial effects. 

Analysis of Washington Spring Water. 
Ry Jamks K. Chilton k Co., Practical Chemists. 

Grains. 

Chloride of Sodium 1S2.733 

IJicarbonate of Muj^nosia 05.D73 

Bicarbonate of Lime . . 84.090 

Bicarbonate of So(h\ 8.4*74 

Bicarbonate of Iron o.8()0 

Chloride of Calcium 203 

Chloride of Magnesium O.OSO 

Sulphate of Maj^nesia 0.051 

Iodide of Sodium 2. 243 

Bromide of Potassium 0.474 

Sihc Acid l.nOO 

Alumina trace. 

Grains 3r)0.227 

The gases contained and anal} zed at the si)iiiig vicldcd for the gallon 
as follows : 

Carbonic Acid 363.77 

Atmospheric Air 6.41 

Cubic inches 870 . 18 



102 LEE'S GUIDE 

Appearais-ce of the Waters. — When first 
dipped from the spring the water is not un- 
like lemonade in appearance, and that from the 
spouting springs is like cream soda, both in color 
and action. The gas, however, quickly escapes, 
and the water has a wonderful purity. When 
allowed to stand some time, however, the water 
becomes cloudy, a filmy skin forms on the surface 
and in time a reddish precipitate is formed. 

Diseases Affected by the Waters. — The 
medicinal virtues of the Saratoga waters are of a 
rare and very varied character, efficacious in the 
treatment of many troublesome complaints, and 
invaluable to the j^artial invalid and all generally 
dilapidated and used-up visitors, as a pleasant 
and sure cathartic and tonic. Taken in reasona- 
ble quantity and particularly in connection with 
the fresh air, exercise, iDhysical and mental re_ 
pose, and the pleasurable recreations incident to 
the routine of Saratoga life, the waters never fail 
to provoke appetite, promote digestion, exorcise 
the blues and the bile, and to generally purify, 
strengthen and cheer both body and mind. For 
a detailed and scientific account of their proper- 
ties and virtues in relation to the various classes 
and stages of disease, in the cure and correction 
of which they may be used, to give a list in de- 
tail would be useless and confusing, and perhaps 
harmful. There is but one course to pursue in 



TO SARATOGA. 103 

di'inking the spring waters for tlie health's sake : 
Consult a resident physician, let him make a 
diagnosis of yonr case, and under his advice select 
the particular spring of most value to you, and 
govern yourself in all things by his experience 
and acquaintance with the waters. The medical 
staff of Saratoga Springs is excellent, and one 
may rely on their ability to assist and direct. 

Concerning the directions for their use, much 
the same thing may be said. As well try to give 
advice in making prescrix)tions for the general 
public. Each user of these healing waters must, 
in a measure, be a law unto himself. To drink 
any and all of the waters would be simply un- 
reasonable. Seek proper advice, and then follow 
it, and be not led aside by the enthusiasm of 
some invalid who, having been restored to health 
by some particular spring, thinks it a cure for all 
diseases, whether they are allied to his special 
case or not. To j)ersons in perfectly good health, 
the waters do no iDarticular harm, even if in- 
dulged iu freely. At the same time, there is 
reason in all things, and if one is really unwell, 
there is but one thing to do — consult a medical 
man. 

The late Dr. Steel wrote, in 1837 : "The waters 
are so generally used, and their effects so seldom 
injurious, particularly to persons in health, that 
almost every one Avho has ever (Jrank of them as- 



104 LEE'S GUIDE 

Slimes the prerogative of directing tlieir use to 
others. Were these directions always the result 
of careful experience and observation, they 
would be less objectionable, but there are numer- 
ous persons who flock about the springs, without 
any positive knowledge of the composition and 
effect of the waters, who contrive to dispose of 
their directions many times to the detriment of 
those who desire to be benefited, but who are thus 
disappointed in the use of the water." 

PuoPKUTiES OF THE Wateus. — These are 
almost as varied as the fountains from which the 
mineral waters flow. Cathartic, tonic, alterative 
and diuretic, magnetic and sulphur water, of 
various shade and differing strength are found in 
Saratoga. Each spring has its own peculiar 
virtues that adapt it to certain forms of disease. 
Hence, it follows that mineral waters should not 
be drank promiscuously, but under the direction 
of a competent physician, w^ho thoroughly under- 
stands the composition and peculiarities of each 
if the utmost benefits would be obtained. Many 
imagine that if the waters do no good they cer- 
tainly do no harm. This is a mistake, and one 
which may result in serious injury. 

The first taste of the waters is not always 
lovely. After the first blush, the water becomes 
exceedingly enjoyable and one is tempted to in- 
dulge too freely in the pungent, acidulous and 



TO SARATOGA. 105 

salty mixture. The after-effects resemble those 
of soda-water, and, if a large quantity is taken, 
there follows a sense of fullness, perhaps a slight 
giddiness in the head and a desire for sleep. 

The most imj^ortant ingredients of the Saratoga 
waters are natural to the body, and are also 
powerful oxydizers of the disintegrated tissues, 
carrying out of the body the waste matter. Min- 
eral waters are similar to the blood, minus its 
organic constituents, and are true restorative 
medicines, as well as pow^erful modifiers of the 
tissues themselves ; and tliese properties, and 
their gentle mode of action, constitute no small 
degree of their extraordinary merit. 

" Saratoga water is a cholagogue in its prop- 
erties ; that is, it stimulates the action of the 
liver, and promotes the excretion of bile. Cer- 
tain matters are secreted by that organ, which, if 
allowed to remain in the system, i)roduce such 
diseases as jaundice. A great number of intesti- 
nal diseases and blood disorders are associated 
with derangements of the the 

The waters are not only laxative or aperient, 
but are are also diuretic, antacid, desobstruent, 
alterative and tonic. 

They increase the force of the heart and 
arteiies, promote digestion, favor the action of tlie 
nutrient vessels, increase the peristaltic movement 
of tiie bowels, cleanse the system through the 
granular organs, and impart strength and vigor." 



106 LEE'S GUIDE 

.Temperature of the Water. ^Tlie springs 
vary from 46" Fall, to 52° Fah., but the difference 
of temperature between summer and winter is 
scarcely preceptible and is said not to vary more 
than 1° in the wliole year. In the very warmest 
weather the waters are all cool and a^jreeable. 

Bottling and Packing the Waters. — The 
bottling and packing is carried on throughout the 
year. The arrangements for this purpose are the 
most complete of anything of the kind in the 
country, and all the various operations are carried 
on with a care, skill and perfection unsurpassed. 

In order to increase the facilities for obtaining 
bottles, the Congress and Empire Company erected 
a good glass-house sometime since, and now, not 
only this company, but many of the others are 
easily supplied with such bottles as they need. 
Some of the bottles are dark gkiss, and others, 
like those used by the Geyser Spring Company, 
are of white or crystal glass. 

The bottles are securely packed in wooden 
boxes, and every box is fully marked to prevent 
all mistake Each box contains two dozen quart 
or four dozen pint bottles. 

The waters are either x^^^mped through block- 
tin p)ipes from the springs, or the water is forced 
into the bottles by its own hydrostatic pressure. 
When iDum^is are employed, a large receiver is 
used to hold the water under pressure and free 



TO SARATOGA. 

from contact with tlie air, and in drawing it the 
utmost care is taken to prevent the escape of the 
gas held in the water. In the case of the pipe 
w^ells, the water is drawn like so much soda-water 
into the bottles from pipes that tap the main 
wells many feet below their outlets. 

The corks, after being soaked in warm water 
until they become so soft as to be easily com- 
pressed, are driven into the bottles by machinery, 
the process reducing their size before entering the 
bottles about one-third. It requires a strong- 
bottle to stand the pressure of their expansion 
after being driven in, and even strong men some- 
times find it difficult to pull them out. A single 
workman will lill and cork from fifteen to twenty 
dozen bottles per hour. 

When the bottles and corks have been thoro- 
ughly tested, the corks are securely wired, this 
operation being performed with great rapidity by 
employees long trained to the work. 

The proprietors of the springs are always 
pleased to show the wonders of their bottling 
plant to visitors, and an instrnctive hour may 
well be spent in them. 

The rows of men and boys, bare- armed before 
the steaming washing tubs ; the salt-encrusted 
receivers, and the bottle-tiller with dextrous 
iingers loading up the x)ints and quarts ; the 
corker, with his queer machinery ; the huge bins 
of full and empty bottles, piled in countless 



108 LEE'S GUIDE 

thousands, one over the other ; the curious in- 
dustry of the wire-boys and packers, and the 
vast caverns of the storage cellars, all unite to 
make a scene of singular interest, and the intelli- 
gent visitor should make it a point to see at least 
one of these immense establishments. The ex- 
port of spring water in casks is somewhat differ- 
ent. The casks are of the best oak, and are 
securely lined with x>ure block-tin. 

There are two oi)enings in these casks at the 
top, and to each is secured a block- tin pipe. One 
pipe extends nearly to the bottom of the cask, 
and the other is only an inch or two long. In 
filling the cask the water pipe from the spring is 
screwed to the top of the larger pipe, and the 
water, under the pressure of its gas, flows in and, 
driving the air out of a small air-hole, fills the 
cask. When it is full, the air hole is stopped up 
but the pressure is continued for a moment or two 
longer, so that the cask is not only filled solidly, 
but is packed, so to si^eak, and the water is under 
the same pressure in the cask as in its native 
spring. In these casks the waters are readily 
transi^orted to all parts of the country. In 
drawing the water, a block- tin pipe, with a suit- 
able cooler, is attached to the longer pipe, and a 
small air-pump to the shorter pipe. On pumping 
air into the cask, the water flows out through an 
ordinary soda-fountain faucet in its native 
purity. 



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CHAPTER VI. 

HOTELS. 

From the time when the old pioneer, Gideon 
Putnam, built the lirst seventy feet of the present 
Grand Union Hotel in the year 1802, Saratoga 
has been amply furnished with accommodation 
for man and beast. The late Congress Hall, 
which stood oj^posite Putnam's " Great House," 
almost rivaling it in extent, was commenced in 
1811, also under the direction of the worthy 
founder of the village. It was opened to the 
public in 1815, and was destroyed by fire in 1866. 
The third of the grand hotels of Saratoga, the 
late United States, was commenced by John Ford 
in 1823, and extended in 1825. It afterwards 
passed into the hands of Marvin & Co., under 
whose management it gained the reputation of 
being one of the most excellent and most fashion- 
able, as it was one of the most capacious, estab- 
lishments of the kind in the country. 

This trio of grand hotels, the Grand Union, the 
Congress and the United , States, became famous 
all the country through, and for many years con- 
tinued to divide between them the patronage of 
the ever-increasing throng of visitors' to the 
Springs, and year by year they added new laurels 



TO SARATOGA. Ill 

to the reputation of the village as a place of con- 
venient and pleasant resort. 

Many other smaller, though scarcely less excel- 
lent establishments, have grown up from time to 
time, and have been Avell sustained. Saratoga. 
has to day the largest hotels in the w^orld ; the 
most perfectly appointed and the best conducted. 
The business is an art in which the most artful 
engage, and in wdiich world-wide fame has been 
earned and w^orthily borne. It is here that the 
wealth and fashion of the whole country assem- 
ble, and where all the luxuries of a city home or 
the palace of a foreign nobleman can be found, 
and that, too, within a minute's walk of the heal- 
ing springs. 

It is this that has caused the village to open its 
doors so freely, and to build up, from a small be- 
ginning, a system of hotels unlike anything else 
to be found ; and from year to year the hotels 
have grown, exj)anding their wings, and adding 
room beyond room, till they cover acres of 
ground, and the halls and piazzas stretch out 
into miles. They have a bewildering fashion 
here of repeating the ^vondrous tale of these 
things. They talk about the miles of carpeting, 
the thousands upon thousands of doors and win- 
dows, the hundreds of miles of telegraph wires, 
vast acres of marble floors, and tons of eatables 
stored in the pantries, till one is lost in aduiira- 



112 LEE'S GUIDE 

ble confusion. It is all true, and that is the 
wonder of it. The management that governs it 
all is more remarkable than the gilding and 
mirrors. It is a sort of high science, unequaled 
in the world, combining the ''ease of mine inn" 
with a perfection of detail and freedom from fric- 
tion that is as j)leasant as it is wonderful. 

We propose to give a sketch of each hotel — 
sometimes short, in other cases at length — and 
for convenience of reference Ave give them in 
alphabetical order. 

Adelpiii Hotel (19-6 F). — Is on Broadway. 

American Hotel (21-6 F.)— Is on Broadway. 

Arlin^gtox Hotel (22-7 F). — This hotel is 
situated on the corner of Broadway and Division 
street, directly opposite the United States Hotel. 
It is one of the best-constructed hotels in Sara- 
toga. The building is of brick, and is of modern 
and improved arrangement in its interior plan, 
having been built but a few years. It is five 
stories high, surmounted with a mansard roof, 
and presents a very neat and attractive exterior 
on tlie fashionable avenue of the town. The 
house fronts two of the most prominent streets 
— Broadway and Division street, and its rooms 
are particularly desirable, as they command views 
of the liveliest portions of Saratoga and the busi- 
ness centre of the town. Extending the whole 
length of the Broadway front is a fine, broad 



TO SARATOGA. 113 

piazza, two stories high, from which an extended 
view of Broadway may be had. Since last sea- 
son considerable improvements have been made, 
and new furniture added— the last, but not least 
of which, is the demolition of the old Davison 
homestead on the north side of the hotel, occupy- 
ing a full lot. This has been added to the Ar- 
lington, and converted into a beautiful lawn, pro- 
tected from Broadway by a handsome railing, and 
by a descent of three steps can be reached from 
the piazza. We opine that this will be a welcome 
piece of greensward to many an Arlington visitor. 
Tlie hotel is scarcely two minutes' walk from the 
depot, and is open the year round, and moderate 
terms prevail. For further particulars, address 
the genial host, J. P. Dennin. 

Brougiitox House.— This house is at 47 Wil- 
liam, corner of Federal streets, the rooms of which 
are well furnished and ventilated. The accom- 
modation is for 30 guests, and the rates $2 per 
(lay or SIO per week ; open May to November. 
The house is an old established one, is only two 
blocks from Broadway, and not far from springs; 
has garden, bar, billiards, barber's shops &c. 
J. C. Broughton, is proprietor. 

Ckntral Holtkl (-24-8 F).— The Central hotel 
is very near the depot, and only one block from 
Broadway, standing as it does on the corner of 
Church and Matilda streets ; accommodation for 



114 LEE^S GUIDE 

25 guests ; rates from $7 to $12 per week ; tran- 
sients $1.50 per day; open all year. Bar, stable 
&c. L. J. Gorliam, is proprietor. 

Clarendon Hotel (25-3, F, G). — This hotel is 
located on Broadway, a short distance south of 
the Grand Union Hotel, and opposite the Wind- 
sor, with one of the pleasantest sights in the vil- 
lage. It partly encloses within its wings a depres- 
sion or valley, ornamented with shady trees, in 
which stands the tasteful pagoda covering the 
popular Washington Spring. The halls, parlors 
and dining-rooms are large, and furnished with 
taste. The rooms are arranged for families, in 
suites, as their guests are of a class that do not 
wish to mingle with the general class of boarders 
at large hotels. 

The Clarendon is most agreeably situated, em- 
bowered in a shady grove. Its outward present- 
ment is very agreeable, while its inward appoint- 
ments fulfil all the requirements of a first-class 
house. It ranks in all respects, except in size 
age and long service, with the United States, 
Union and the Congress, and is frequented by 
some of the very best families that visit Saratoga. 
The music at the Clarendon this season will be 
under the leadership of Prof. Pratt, a musician 
of acknowledged abilitj^, who will give concerts 
on the piazza twice a day ; there will also be the 
Clarendon Ball, which is always rigidly confined 



116 LEE'S GUIDE 

to evening dress. The Clarendon is owned by 
Harris & Losekam, both experienced hotel men. 
It will accommodate five hundred guests. 

Messrs. Harris and Losekam are also ^proprietors 
of the celebrated ''Genesee" of Buffalo, carried 
on, on both American and Euroj^ean plan, and 
visitors to Niagara Falls and Canada, will lind this 
a very desirable stopi^ing i^lace and a first-class 
hotel in every respect. 

Columbian Hotel (26-4 G).— The Columbian 
Hotel, Harris & Price, proprietors, is on Broad- 
way, opi3osite Congress Park. A more beautiful 
and central location is not to be found in Sara- 
toga. It is free from noise, homelike, and patron- 
ized by good society. The house is built of brick 
and has a frontage of one hundred and twenty- 
one feet on Broadway, with a wide two-story 
piazza, one hundred and fifteen feet long, over- 
looking Congress Park and the fashionable drive 
of the town. The back piazza, one hundred and 
iifteen feet long, overlooks its own beautiful 
grounds and those of the Clarendon Hotel, in- 
cluding Washington Spring, and as one of these 
piazzas is always shaded, a pleasant retreat is 
furnished every hour of the day. All the rooms 
have x">leasant outlooks, and are well furnished 
It will accommodate two hundred and fifty 
guests. The Columbian has been thoroughly 
renovated and new bath rooms added. The rates 
will be §3 per day, and from $15 to $21 per week. 



TO SARATOGA. H^ 

CoMMEKOiAL HoTEL (26-9 D).-Tlus hotel is at 
the corner of Railroad place Matilda and Church 
streets. Accommodation for 100 guests. Kates 
$8 to $14 per week, transients §2 per day. This 
hotel is close to the depot, and is open all year. 
Bar, stable and all conveniences. Bryant & 
Hinkley, proprietors. 

Congress Hall (28-5, 6 G). -This famous 
hotel, the original building of which is due to 
Gideon Putnam, was commenced in the year 
1811. In 1814 it was sold in an untinished state 
to Grandus Van Sclioonhoven, who completed the 
building from the original plans of Gideon Put- 
nam, in 1815. , . ,. 1 

Mr Van Sclioonhoven conducted the establish- 
ment until 1832, at which time he was joined by 
his nephew, Samuel H. Drake, and in 1823 by 
other partners. From 1823 to 1855 the house 
was leased from time to time to dilferent parties 
after which it fell under the administration of 
Messrs. Hathorn & Hall. These gentlemen ex- 
tended and greatly improved the property. Ihey 
added a brick wing, which at its eastern end vvas 
six stories high, and extended from the ohler 
portion on the south side of Spring street to Put- 
nam street. Many of the rooms also were at this 
time improved, and the whole house was refur- 
nished in modern style. In 1857 Richard Mc- 
Michael succeeded Mr. Hall in the firm, when 



118 LEE'S GUIDE 

farther important additions were made Tlie 
lioiise extended three hundred and seventy-nine 
feet on Broadway, and east on Spring street to 
the west line on Putnam street. The location is 
one of most eligible and most convenient in the 
village, being in immediate proximity to the Con 
gress Spring and its beautiful Park." The entire 
edifice was burnt to the ground in the summer 
of 1866. 

Mi\ E H. Hathorn, the present proprietor of 
the Hathorn Spring, then set to work and with 
the aid of friends, the present beautiful structure 
is the result. The hotel occupies the major part 
of the square bounded by Broadway, East Con- 
gress, Spring and Putnam streets. Its situation 
ism Che very centre of the gay and fashionable 
hotel world of Saratoga, and is admirably arano-ed 
for seeing all the attractive phases of the '^ great 
watering-place life." Its frontage on Broadway 
IS four hundred and sixteen feet, with a hio-h 
promenade piazza twenty feet wide and two hu'^n- 
dred and forty-nine feet in length, command- 
ing a view of the most brilliant portion of Sara 
toga. From the Broadway front two immense 
wmgs, three hundred feet long, extend" to 
Putnam street, the northern wing, running alon- 
Spring street and overlooking the celebrated Hat^ 
horn spring, the central wing, which runs par- 
ailed AYith it, enclose a very beautiful garden-plot 



Congress Hall, 



This favorite hotel is beautifully located on Broad- 
way, in the immediate vicinity of the most celebrated 
springs in the great watering place. The proprietorship 
is a fixed and permanent one, and the hotel is managed 
with a view to restoring it to its old popularity. 

Rates per Day - - $3.50 and $4.00 

The hotel has been thoroughly overhauled, and a 
large amount of new furniture added It is conducted 
in every respect as a FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. The 
proprietors, are Clement & Cox. Mr. Clement, late 
proprietor of the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, and Mr. John 
Cox, of New York. 

Under its present fixed management the guests of 
the C jNGRESS can rest assured that that they will receive 
every attention that the most fastidious can desire. 

CLEMENT & cox, Proprietors. 



TO SARATOGA. 121 

and overlooks the Hamilton Spring. The southern 
wing commands a full view of the famous Con. 
gress and Columbian Springs, and the beautiful 
Congress Park. Large i^iazzas extend around the 
back of the hotel, overlooking the grass and 
garden-i^lots of the interior court, affording cool 
and shady retreats in the afternoon, wdien en. 
trancing music is discoursed. 

Congress Hall is built of brick, witli brown- 
stone trimmings. The roof is a mansard, with 
three pavilions, which affords wide and delight- 
ful views from the promenades on the top. In 
terior fire-walls are provided to prevent the 
spread of fire, and Otis elevators afford easy 
access to all the floors of the house. The rooms 
are large, high and well-ventilated, and properly 
provided with annunciators, gas, etc. The halls, 
dining-rooms, parlors and offices are of gi-and 
proportions, and are furnished with an elegance 
that bespeaks comfort and neatness. The venti- 
lation of the dining-room and kitchen has been 
much improved, and a steam-heating apparatus 
introduced on the main floor for use whenever 
changes in the temperature require it.' Hot and 
cold water is provided on every floor, and a large 
number of baths and closets for the convenience 
of guests. The ball-room of the Congress is large 
and commodious, exquisitely frescoed and 
adorned with costly chandeliers and ornaments. 



122 LEE'S GUIDE 

It is in the block across Spring street, bnt is con- 
nected with the hotel by a light, graceful, iron 
bridge across the steeet, x^roperly covered and 
protected, which, when illuminated on hop nights, 
is very picturesque. 

The concerts on the piazza, morning and after- 
noon, also the music for the various hops and 
balls, will be furnished by Bernstein's orchestra. 

This hotel was i)urchased in 1878 by Mr. W. 
H. Clement, of Cincinnati (a man well known in 
the railway world), and Mr. John Cox, of New 
York. The hotel has undergone durine: the 
recess a general overhauling, and a vast amount 
of new furniture and carpets have been intro- 
duced. The hotel will be under the management 
of Mr. H. S. Clement, formerly of the Lindell 
Hotel, St. Louis, and son of one of the pro- 
prietors, and Avith him will be associated Mr. 
Cox. The house will be opened from the 16tli 
day of June until October. The accommodation 
is equal to 1500 guests, and the rates from $3.50 
to $4 per day. For rooms, etc., address Messrs. 
Clement & Cox, proprietors. 

Continental Hotel (29-34 D). — Adjoins the 
railroad. 

Empire Hotel (30-15 G) —The Empire Hotel 
is located on Front street, and is the nearest hotel 
to the High Rock, Star, Empire and Red springs. 
Mr. R-. D. McDonald, a hotel man of great expe- 



TO SARATOGA. 123 

rience, lias become tlie proiDrietor of tliis hotel, 
and has made very extensive alterations and im- 
provements. The house has been newly fur- 
nished and thoroughly renovated. It will accom- 
modate 100 guests, and for the season the rates 
will be very moderate. The rooms are cool and 
pleasant ; fine view^s can be had from the j)iazzas. 
There is extensive stabling connected with the 
house, and also a line croquet ground. The hotel 
is only one block from Broadway, and five min- 
utes' walk from the big hotel group. For a 
home-like place, we would say, go to the Empire. 
As for the table, Mr. McDonald's reputation at 
the Delavan, Albany, St. Charles, Troy, and otlier 
famous houses, is a sufficient guarantee that the 
cuisine will be all that can be desired. For par- 
ticulars, address K,. D. McDonald proprietor. 

EvEKETT House (32-2 G).— The Everett House 
is situated on Broadway a few doors south of the 
Clarendon Hotel, in one of the most quiet and 
beautiful portions of Saratoga village. Two 
rows of beautiful shade-trees extend along either 
side of Broadway at this point, and afford a 
delightful shady retreat on the j)iazza of this 
quiet, home-like house. The proprietor, Mr. P. 
M. Suarez, does not aim to attract much transient 
custom, but his guests are mainly families or 
persons who visit Saratoga seeking quiet, health 
and real comfort, and who remain some months 
at this great watering-place. 



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During the past year another house has been 
added to the Everett on the south, thus giving 
many more rooms. The rates still remain the 
same— $2.50 to 83 per day and from §12 to §20 per 
week. This house will accommodate 200 guests. 

Germania Hotel (36-7 E).— Is on Broadway. 

Grand Un^ion Hotel (34-3 to E, F, G^— 
At present the largest and most fashionable hotel 
in the land, was the first considerable house of 
the kind erected in the village. It was com- 
menced in the year 1802, while the place was still 
only a wild forest region, by Gideon Putnam, one 
of the earliest settlers and founders. At this time 
the ediiice was about seventy feet in length. It 
has at different periods been rebuilt and enlarged, 
until it now covers, with its buildings, cottages, 
and courts, the" broad area of seven acres. The 
main edifice has a front of eight hundred feet on 
Broadway and a depth of seven hundred feet, 
with almost a mile of colonade and jDiazza. The 
entire accommodation of the place is sufficient for 
the comfort of two thousand guests. The noble 
dining-hall of the Grand Union, which has been 
added by the jDresent proprietors, is probably the 
largest in the United States. It is two hundred 
and fifty feet long, fifty- three feet Avide, and 
twenty feet high, and will comfortably seat 
twelve hundred people. 

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every room. Special rates for Families. 

Orders for Rooms dy Telegraph or Mail will 
receive prompt attention. 

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square boanded by Broadway, Congress, Federal 
and Washington streets, in the very centre of the 
town. It is a magnificent structnre of brick and 
iron, of modern style. Along its entire Broad- 
way front of eight hundred feet runs a piazza 
three stories high, affording a splendid promen- 
ade. The interior arrangements of the hotel are 
unsurpassed for completeness, convenience and 
elegance by any watering-place hotel in the 
world. The main entrance and office are in the 
centre of the Broadway front. ^ The rotunda, 
which is eighty feet in diameter, and extends to 
the top of the house, with balconies on each of 
the five stories, overlooking the entrance and 
grand saloon about the office. To the left of the 
office are reception-rooms and the grand salon, 
the most beautifully decorated and handsomely- 
furnished drawing-room in this country, and 
in the summer evenings, during the season, j)re- 
sents the most brilliant scene of watering-place 
festivities to be found. 

Passing through the grand salon, we find other 
smaller i)rivate parlors ; and turning to the right, 
into the Congress street wing, we enter the s^m- 
cious and elegant dining-hall. 

The rooms of the hotel are elegantly furnished, 
any many are arranged in suites for family use, 
and supplied with pure, fresh, running spring 
water, hot and cold, in every room. Guests are 



128 LEE'S GUIDE 

conveyed to and from the iive floors" with the 
ntmost ease and despatch, by means of three 
elevators. The hotel fronts on four streets, thus 
affording a lar.ge number of outside rooms, 
while the rear rooms open upon the court-square, 
beautifully adorned with trees, shrubs and 
flowers, presenting a delightful view of genuine 
artistic landscax)e gardening. On three sides of 
this court is a wide promenade piazza, which af- 
fords a delightful retreat, and yet commands a 
scene of entrancing beauty. Its grounds are the 
largest connected with any hotel in Saratoga, 
and the magniflcent elms afford a deliglitf ul shade. 
The ball-room, sixty by eighty-five feet, is most 
beautifully proportioned and frescoed,^ and 
adorned with balconies of the most attractive 
character. Yvon's Grand Centennial Picture, "The 
Genius of America," painted expressly for the 
late Mr. Stewart, occupies one entire end of the 
room. The assemblies in this beautiful room are 
unexcelled in brilliancy by any similar entertain- 
ments in the country. The music is supplied by 
Lothian's excellent band of artistic performers, 
and concerts are given by them every morning on 
the piazza of the hotel, and hops nearly every 
evening in the ball-room. Entertainments for the 
children, under the direction of competent pro- 
fessors, are held every week. Garden parties 
and summer-night "Fete Champetres " are given 



TO SARATOGA. 120 

frequently during the season, and a "German" 
once each week. No effort or exj^ense is spared 
by Mr. Clair to secure the highest enjoyment pos- 
sible to the guests of the Grand Union. 

Billiard- tables and bowling-alleys are provided 
for the exclusive use of guests, and all facilities 
that can conduce to their comfort or entertain- 
ment are j^rovided by the liberal management of 
this palatial hotel. 

The management has secured for it a most en- 
viable reputation ; and Mr. Henry Clair, the 
lessee, is determined that the Grand Union shall 
stand pre-eminent as the hotel of Saratoga. 

HoLDEN House. —Mrs. C. H. Holden, prop- 
rietor, is situated on Broadway, three doors north 
of tlie United States Hotel, in the most central 
part of the village, and near all the principal 
springs. It is built of brick and can accommo- 
date 100 to 125 guests. Its central location and 
moderate prices make the Holden House a very 
desirable hotel for visitors who seek real comfort 
without extravagance. The proprietress takes 
pleasure in informing her x^atrons and friends 
that the house is now ready for the entertainment 
of guests for the season of 1883. For terms 
apply to Mrs. C. H. Holden. 

Hoyt's Hotel. — This hotel stands at the cor- 
ner of Caroline and Henry streets, and has ac- 
commodation for 60 guests ; rates, transients $3 



130 LEE'S GUIDE 

per day ; regular boarders $4 to $10 a week, ac- 
cording to room. The hotel has all conveniences, 
also bar, stable &c., and is kept open all the year, 
only one block from Broadway and midway be- 
tween all the principal springs. D. C. Hoyt is 
the proprietor. 

Intkrlaken" Hotel. — Interlaken, the well- 
known residence of the late Frank Leslie, the 
publisher, has been bought by Mr. H. S. Truax, 
a noted hotel man of New York city, and will be 
opened this season as a first-class hotel. Mr. 
Truax has determined to throw open the beauti- 
ful grounds of Interlaken, for the inspection of 
visitors, free, which in itself is sufficient to attract 
visitors from the springs. The hot-houses and 
conservatories are on a very large scale. The 
croquet ground is one of the finest in the Union. 
The grounds and gardens cover an area of sixty- 
five acres, costing, with the buildings, nearly two 
hundred thousand dollars. Fine views of Sara- 
toga Lake, the Green Mountains and the Adiron- 
dacks can be had from Interlaken. 

The house has been thoroughly renovated, and 
the furniture and fittings, which are very elabo- 
rate (reminding one of the Brunswick in New 
York) are all new. The cuisine will be first-class, 
and everything in season will be found on the 
tables. The bar will also be a special feature. 
Stabling and sheds will be provided for those 



TO SARATOGA. 131 

:;oming in tlieir own carriages. Mr. Truax lias a 
considerable frontage on tlie west side of Sara- 
toga Lake, this he will utilize for his visitors, lay. 
ing it out in pure rustic style, while overlooking 
the lake will be found a large and commodious 
smoking-room. For those fond of fishing, tackle 
will be provided, also row boats and a small 
steam yacht. First-class accommodation for 
bathing. The Interlaken will accommodate about 
C)0 guests, and considering the privileges, the rates 
will be very reasonable. The house will be first- 
class in every respect, and will have the various 
Saratoga waters on draught. For further 2)ar- 
ticulai's, apply to Mr. H. S. Truax, the x>i'oprietor. 

Irving Hotel. — This is an addition to the 
Saratoga hotels. It is situated at 441 Broadway, 
between Division and Church streets. It is kept 
open all the year, and will accommodate 75 
guests. The rates are from $2 to $2.50 per day. 
This hotel has been newly furnished throughout, 
and no better beds are to be found in Saratoga. 
The proprietors are both hotel men of experience, 
and everything will be done by them for the con- 
venience and comfort of their guests. This hotel 
is supplied with all modern improvements, and is 
carried on both on American and European plan. 
For further particulars, apply to Burrows & 
Moore, proprietors. 

Kenmoke Hotel. — This is not a large hotel, 



TO SARATOGA. 

but it fills a want in Saratoga. It is very centraJ, 
being not far from the Grand Union, and only 
one block from Broadway and Congress Park. 
It is oi^en all the year, and will accommodate 
from 15 to 20 guests. Its rates are $1 per day, or 
$4.50 to $e per week. Piazza, garden, bar, stable, 
etc. Mr. Ancil D. Ward is the proi^rietor. 

Kensington Hotel. — This elegant hotel is 
located on the corner of Union avenue and Regent 
street, having grand entmnces on both of these 
beautiful thoroughfares, with an entire frontage 
of nearly six hundred feet, and over four hun- 
dred feet of broad piazzas, and facing one of the 
most delightful and fashionable drives at the 
Springs. The Kensington is in close proximity 
to all the principal springs, overlooks that beau- 
tiful resort. Congress Spring Park, and is within 
half a block of the celebrated and novel Indian 
Camp Park. Mr. James H. Rodgers, well known 
as the proprietor of the Coleman House, New 
York city, is owner and proprietor, and is deter- 
mined to make the hotel second to none for com- 
fort and elegance. It is hardiy necessary to say that 
the cuisine will be such as has already made Mr. 
Rodgers' name one of the most famous amongst 
the caterers of the Union, for all who:', have 
stretched their limbs under the mahogany of the 
"Coleman," or in the Railway Dining Hall at 
Hornellsville, on the Erie road, will make it a 



TO SARATOGA. 133 

point to enjoy the hospitality of the Kensington. 

The buikling (new last season) is of brick, five 

stories in height, thoroughly well constructed, 

and has Otis Bro. & Co.'s safety smooth-running 

elevators, electric bells, baths and closets on 

every floor, and running water in nearly every 

room. The rooms and halls are light and airy, 

and the furniture and appointments are entirely 

"w from cellar to ceiling. 

. , '*'; ^^ Franko's celebrated orchestra will fur- 
nish them u.. ^ ^1 T^ • ^ ^1 • li. 

,^ at the Kensin2:ton this season. It 
will make the x. . ^ " i ^i 

T ^r T-» '^smgton more popular than 
ever, and Mr. KodgbJ^ • . i ^ i ^ ^ 

' . ^ . ° , js to be congratulated 
upon his enterprise and tasu. 

The Kensington will accommot..^ - ^..,. . 
1? . ^. n -^,from 300 to 

400 guests. Rates: $4 per day, or $::>.*- ^ , 

National Hotel. — This hotel is at' ix. ^ 

'On- 
gress street, directly opposite to the Grand Unio. 

only half a block to Broadway, Congress Spring 
and Park. Open from June 1st to October 15th. 
Accommodation for 60 guests. Rates are $2 per 
day, or from I^IO to $12 per week ; also rooms 
rented. The hotel is well fitted up, and has bar, 
billiards, etc. Secoy & Yrooman are the pro- 
prietors. 

New York Hotel (41-10 G).— This hotel is on 
Lake avenue, corner of Sx)ring avenue, and facing 
the Pavilion and United States springs. It is 
open all year. Has accommodation for 60 guests. 



134 LEE'S GUIDE 

Rates : from $5 to j^lO per week ; transients, $2 

per day. The house has a large piazza, bar, and 

stable for 25 horses. Is very central, only one 

block from Town Hall. ' C. H. Nims is pro])rietor. 

Spexcer House (42-7 E\ — The Spencer House 

is directly opposite the depot of the D. & H. C. 

Co., where all trains from New York arrive. It 

also fronts on Matilda street, and on the south 

faces the United States Hotel on Division s^':. ^' 

The house ts very central, well furnisl'^ \y „ 

,, *^ T 1 -.lUodation lor 

ke])t open all year. Ic has ac^^ ., „ ^^ 
^ ^ ^ -^ -^^ ^,. day, and from §8 

lOOf^uests. Rates are$2i-^ V 

^f^ , rni wLise has been renovated 

to $12 per week. The -, . 

. - ^ ..a IS now prepared to receive 

since last season ^ ,^ ^.^ ,,/ , , . ,, 

» ^aests. Mr. N. Waterbury is the 
Its quota o^^ ^ •" 

^^^Ji?oY House. — This house is located on Sprinf>: 
avenue, neai* Lake avenue, and has accommoda- 
tion for 20 guests. Rates are §1 per day, or $5 
per week. Open all year. The house has a bar, 
also stabling, is near the United States and Pa- 
vilion springs, and only one block from Broad- 
way. Mr. Edward Smith is the proprietor. 

United States Hotel (43-5, 6, 7, D. E. F.)— 
This palatial hotel, the summer residence of the 
most refined circles of American fashion and so- 
ciety, unexcelled in everything pertaining to ele- 
gance, magnificence, convenience, and attractive- 
ness, and surpassing in grandeur and magnitude 



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TO SARATOGA. 135 

any hotel structure in the world ; containing 
almost one thousand rooms for guests, beautifully 
furnished, with every modern imj^rovement. The 
[)arlors, ball-room, public and i:>rivate dining- 
rooms, reading-rooms, and, in fact, the entire 
structure, is sumptuously furnished throughout. 
The line of buildings is over fifteen hundred feet 
long and six stories high, covering and enclosing 
seven acres of ground, with a frontage of two 
hundred and thirty-six feet on Broadway, and six 
hundred and seventy-five feet en Division street. 
The hotel encloses three sides of a beautiful lawn, 
tastefully laid out, and completely shaded. One 
part of the building, designated the Cottage 
Wing, is so arranged that private villas of any 
size may be obtained. 

The hotel is built on the same ground as the Old 
United States Hotel, which was a famous estab- 
lishment in its day. The ground and courts oc- 
cupied an area of six acres and the buildings 
were covered with a mile and a half of roof. The 
house was built in 1828 and extended in 1825 by 
John Ford. It afterwards passed into the hands 
of James M. Marvin & Co., by whom it was suc- 
cessfully conducted until it was destroyed by fire 
in 18G4. There were guests of the old. United 
States who had summered under its hosxutable 
roof year after year, from youth to age, storing 
up thousands of happy memories of the old i)lace, 



136 LEE'S GUIDE 

which were rudely shattered when it passed away. 
It is appetizing even now to think of the luxurious 
dinners and the dainty suppers which were spread 
for so many years ux^on its generous tables ; and 
the gouty foot becomes the light fantastic toe 
again, at the remembrance of all the gay revelry 
it once shared in the old festive halls. Endless 
and varied are the associations which cling to the 
spot, and both happy and sad the memories it will 
awaken. Many staid matrons and grave sires, 
nov7 thousands of miles away, who whilom danced 
and sighed together in the vanished parlors and 
the silent groves, will recall scenes of great pith 
and moment, which perchance gave color — rosy 
color, let us hope — to all their after life. 

The United States Hotel of to-day is a magni- 
ficent structure and is considered one of the 
largest hotels in the world. 

The architectural appearance is exceedingly 
elegant and beautiful. It is Norman in style, and 
its mansard roof is embellished Avith i)ediments, 
gables, dormer windows and cres tings, and three 
large pavilions. 

The building covers and encloses seven acres of 
ground, in .the form of an irregular x^entagon. 
The "Cottage Wing" on the south side of the 
plaza, extending west from the main front for live 
hundred and sixty- six feet. This wing is one of 
^he most desirable features of this admirably 



United states Hotel, 



SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



OFEM FROM JVKE loth, 
TO OCTOBER 1st 



TOMPKINS, GAGE & CO. 

Proprietors. 



H. ToMPKms. J. L. Pekky. W. B. Gage. 
L. H. Janyrik. 



TO SARATOGA. 139 

arranged house, as it airords families and other 
parties the same quiet and seclusion which a 
l)rivate cottage would afford, together with the 
attention and conveniences of a first-class hotel. 
The rooms of this wing are arranged in suites of 
one to seven bedrooms, with jjarlor, bath-room 
and water-closet in each suite. Private table is 
afforded, if desired, and the seclusion and freedom 
of a private villa may be enjoyed here, to be 
varied, at will, by the gayer life of the hotel and 
watering-place. 

The main entrance is on Broadway, in which is 
the elegant drawing-room, superbly furnished 
with Axminster carpets, carved walnut furniture, 
frescoed ceilings, elegant lace curtains, and costly 
chandeliers and mirrors. The room is rich and 
tasteful in its entire arrangements. Across the 
hall is the ladies' parlor, furnished with exquisite 
taste ; and beyond, at the corner of Broadway and 
Division street fronts, are the reading-rooms and 
the business offices of the hotel. To the west of 
the office in the Division street wing, is the dining- 
hall, iifty-two by two hundred and twelve feet, 
beyond which are the private drawing-rooms, the 
childrens' ordinary, carving-rooms, etc. y The 
grand ball-room, one hundred and twelve by lif ty- 
three feet, with ceiling twenty-six feet liigh, is on 
the second floor of the Division street wing, and 
is decorated in a most elaborate style. The ar- 



140 LEE'S GUIDE 

rangement of the sleeping apartments of tins 
hotel is excellent, and its rooms are famished with 
gas, water and marble basins thronghont, and 
has rnnning water in all its rooms. All the rooms 
are connected with the office by electric annnn- 
ciators. The entire building is divided into live 
sections by thick tire-proof walls, and the opening 
through them are protected by heavy iron doors, 
thus affording great protection in case of fire. 
There are also fire-hydrants in each section, with 
hose attached, on each floor. There are ten stair- 
cases, which afford ample means of escape from 
fire. Two elevators are used solely for conveying 
o-uests to the various floors, and every convenience 
has been adopted in equipping this elegant hotel 
for its immense summer business. Upon the 
Broadway front is a fine piazza, two hundred and 
thirty-two feet long, three stories high, overlook- 
ing the centre of the village ; and one on Division 
street, two hundred feet in length. Extensive 
piazzas, two thousand three hundred feet in 
length, for promenades, encircle the large interior 
court, w^hich is ornamented with beautiful shade 
trees, sparkling fountains, graceful lawn-statuary 
and meandering walks; and, during the evenin^r, 
when illuminated with colored lights and lanterns, 
and enlivened with exquisite music, the scene is 
brilliant and fascinating in the extreme. 

Stubbs orchestra, so well known to frequenters 



TO SARATOGA. 141 

of the States, will again enliven the gnests with 
their sweet music. Concerts will be given on the 
piazza twice a day. Since last season this vast 
hotel has undergone considerable interna 
changes at the hands of the decorator and up- 
holsterer, while outside, Divison street from the 
depot to Broadway has been paved with cedar 
wood blocks which is a great improvement on the 
stone pavement of former years. This immense 
and elegant establishment, accommodating two 
thousand guests, is managed by gentlemen of 
great experience. 

Messrs Tompkins, Gage & Co., (H. Tompkins. 
J. L. Perry, W. B. Gage, and L. H. Janvrin,) 
will be open from June 15th to October 1st, and 
nothing will be spared by them that can conduce 
to the comfort, welfare and pleasure of its 

guests. 

Wavekly Hotel (45-13 E).— This beautifully 
located hotel is situated on North Broadway^ 
above the I'own Hall, and immediately adjoining 
the depot of the Mount McGregor Railway Com- 
pany. The hotel this year is under the personal 
supervision of the proprietor, Mr. James M. 
Case, a hotel man of great experience, who is not 
only acquainted with the wants of the travelling 
])ublic, but who has the energy and determina- 
tion to see that their wants are properly supplied. 
The culinary department is in charge of an ex- 



142 LEE'S GUIDE 

perienced clief, and the table Avill be supplied 
with all the delicacies and the first-class substan- 
tials of the season. Owing to its central location 
and its quiet surroundings, the Waverly is a first- 
class family resort, combining as it does, all the 
conveniences of a first-class hotel with the comfort 
and privacy of a home. Rates are moderate when 
taken in connection with the menu and attend- 
ance supplied, and special rates will be made 
with those who prolong their visit for a week, 
month or entire season. 

This house lias been thoroughly renovated since 
last season, is charmingly set in beautiful shade 
trees, and not far from the Empire, High Rock, 
Red, and Star Springs, and only a few minutes 
walk from Woodlawn Park ; a few minutes will 
also take the visitor into the very centre of Sara- 
toga's life and bustle. The house has ample play 
grounds for children, and double jDiazzas 340 feet 
in length, running entirely around the building, 
making it a pleasant summer's home for families. 
The many brilliant equipages and dashing turn- 
outs, which render Broadway so attractive, are 
seen here in all their glory. 

Wellingto]^ House. — This house is located at 
80 Congress street, and will accommodate 25 
guests.^ Rates from $5 to $7 per week ; transients 
$1 per day ; rooms 50 cents. Bar, garden &o..^ 
newly furnished, near to Grand Union Hotel and 



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Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



WILL OPEN FOR THE SEASON 



JUNIE 9^ 188S. 



HENRY CLAIR, 



Lessee. 



I TO SARATOGA. 145 

only two blocks from Broadway. Mr. Simon 
Ryan is proprietor. 

AA^ESTEKN Hotel. — This hotel stands at the 
corner of Chnrch and LaAvrence streets, and has 
accommodation for 100 gnests. Rates are $5 to 
$10 per week. Transients $2 per day. Piazza 
whole length of honse and shaded. Bar, stable, 
&c. Open all year. J. H. Rice, is proprietor 

AViNDsoK Hotel (46-3 G, H).— This house was 
built in the spring of 1876, and opened for the 
first time to the i^ublic in June of that year. It 
stands on the corner of Broadway and William 
street,^ and commands a fine view of Broadway, 
the princii^al street of the village. From the roof 
of the house the view commands a wide range of 
country, embracing in its scope several villages 
in Saratoga county, the Hudson valley, the green 
Mountains in the distant east, and the Greenfield 
Hills and Adirondack Mountains on the north and 
west, with the village of Saratoga Springs, Con- 
gress Park and the Saratoga Art Gallery in im- 
mediate prospect. It is owned by Judge Hilton, 
and, will accommodate three hundred guests. 
The house is elegant in every respect, and though 
small in comparison with others, it ranks as em- 
inejitly first class. Mr. Henry Clair, is the lessee. 



146 LEE'S GUIDE 

CHAPTER VII. 

BOARDING HOUSES. 

Althongli the hotels in Saratoga are among the 
finest in the world, and the capacity as great, yet 
they are unable to provide accommodation for the 
vast number of visitors, and further, probably 
one-half the visitors are not used to, nor do they 
care for, " hotel life." Hence, the problem sprung 
up, "How are we to entertain these visitors," and 
it has been solved by the creation of a number of 
Boarding houses, varying in size from the small 
cottage to the large mansion, the capacity for en- 
tertaining guests varying from 10 to 200. Some 
of these afford excellent accommodation at moder- 
ate prices, and are decidedly home-like and 
healthful. We advise those who visit Saratoga 
seeking health as well as pleasure, to look for 
board at some of these good boarding-houses, 
where they can find the comfort of a quiet home 
at very moderate prices Many of these houses 
have beautiful lawns for croquet and out-door 
sports, and are under competent management. 

We give a sketch of each of them and for con- 
venience we have placed them in alx)habetical 
order. 

Albemarle. — (20-2 G).— Is on Broadway. 







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Albion House (48-12 G).— The Albion House 
is located at 72 Front street, and has accommoda- 
tion for 40 guests, rate seven to ten dollars per 
week, transients li to 2 dollars per day, during 
the season, other parts of the year reduced rates. 
All modern conveniencies, near the High Roclv 
group of springs, and only one block from Broad- 
way. John H. Mesick is the proprietor. 

Bates House. — This house is at 109 Circular 
street, one of the most fashionable streets of Sara- 
toga. This is a well conducted house, and stands 
high in the estimation of visitors. It has accom- 
modation for sixty-live guests, and its rates are 
from $10 to $17i per week, open from June 1st to 
November 1st. It has large pia'zzas, garden, all 
modern improvements, the rooms are high, well 
ventilated, and elegantly furnished. C. S. Bates 
& Son are the proprietors. 

Behnard House. — A first-class boarding house 
sitaated on the westeily side of Franklin street, 
and having a well-shaded piazza on both north 
and east ; has accommodation for seventy-five 
guests, and is well patronized by New York, New 
England and Philadelphia families. The house 
is under experienced management, and every ef- 
fort is made to secure the comfort of its patrons. 
S. E. Benedict is the proprietor. 

Broadway Hall (72-13 E). — This celebrated 
boarding-house is beautifully located a little up 



TO SARATOGA. 149 

Broadway, on high ground, and consequently is 
airy and healthy. It is surrounded by a lawn of 
about an acre, and in the midst of magnificent 
shade trees on one of the finest avenues in this 
country, and is within ten minutes' walk of all 
the principal springs. No other house in town 
has as greai a proportion of high, large well-ven- 
tilated and pleasant rooms. The proprietor, Mr. 
W. J. Riggs, is one of Saratoga's most respected 
citizens, and has had several years' experience in 
his business, and spares no effort to make the 
Broadway worthy of the liberal patronage wliich 
it receives from the best class of people. It will 
accommodate one hundred guests. 

Broadway House. — This good house is at 522 
Broadway, corner of Grove street. It is open all 
the year and has accommodation for iifty guests, 
the rates being $2 per day, or $14 per week during 
the season, with a considerable reduction for other 
portions of the year. The house is well furnish- 
ed, the rooms large and well ventilated ; has 
piazzas both front and side and ample lawn. Mr. 
S. nine is the proprietor, 

Cakpextkk House. — This house is at the cor- 
ner of Circular street and Union Avenue. It is 
surrounded by a lawn of considerable size ; the 
rooms are very large ; from the windows of which 
views can be obtained clear over the village, Con- 
gress Park, &c. It is next to the Kensington 



150 LEE'S GUIDE 

Hotel and overlooks the Indian Camp and Park ; 
the accommodation here is for forty guests, and 
the rates are from §10 to $15 per week. Mrs. Dr. 
Carpenter is the proprietor. 

CiRCULAK Street House (.i4-10 I). — This house 
is located on Circular street, near Pliila, a first- 
class boarding house vvith all modern improve- 
ments, open from June to October, near large 
hotels and j^rincipal springs, commanding an ele- 
gant view of this avenue, with beautiful croquet 
and garden plots. John Palmer, proprietor, will 
accommodate seventy-live guests. 

Clement Place. — This house is at 338 Broad, 
way, opposite Washington street ; has accommo- 
dation for forty to fifty guests ; rate from $10 to 
$15 i3er week ; transients, .^^2 x^^r day. This house 
is in the very centre of Saratoga and enjoys a 
good reputaiion. Miss R. A. Cranmer is proprie- 
tor. 

Columbian Place, corner Broadway and Lake 
Avenue ; open all year ; accommodation for fifty 
guests; rates, $10 to i^c^lS per week, according to 
rooms ; transients, $2 to $3 x)er day. Reduced 
rates out of season. The house is heated by 
steam, has water on every Hoor, and is supplied 
with all modern conveniences. Samuel N. Davis 
is i3roprietor. 

Elm WOOD Hall (58-11-G). — This houseris nicely 
located on Front street, facing Grove street, di- 



TO SARATOGA. ^^^ 

rectly opposite the N^ermont^ xj- i -d i t- 

J 11 m,,,,.„ TToiT, the High Rock, Em- 

-nroximity to the iown h« ' .» -, , 

• ^. -R„^ ^r,^ Magnetic springs, and only 
^''^^'uii'\-i Broadway, the chief thoroughfare 



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Q -^^coga. The rooms are large and pleasant, 
aie table is supplied with all the necessaries of a 
good boarding house. The house stands in its 
own grounds, has croquet lawns, &c., and will ac- 
commodate sixty guests. Mr. Emory Potter, the 
projjrietor, is nicest assiduous in his attention for 
the comforts of his guests. The terms are very 
reasonable, being from |7 to $12 per week, accord- 
ing to rooms. The house is open all the year. 
For further particulars address Mr. Potter, Elm- 
wood Hall, Saratoga. 

Foley House.— This is considered a strictly 
first-class boarding house. It is furnished in ex- 
cellent style, has a beautiful view of Broadway, 
from its wide piazzas, is furnished with all modern 
improvements, is nicely shaded, has a pretty gar- 
den, and its table ranks in excellence with some 
of the best hotels. Taking into consideration the 
accommodation, the rates are reasonable, being 
from $14 to $17i per week ; transients, |2i jier 
day. Accommodation for 70 guests. Mrs. Foley 
is proprietor, 226 South Broadway. 

Franklin House (38 9 E).— The Franklin 
House is located on Church street, half a block 
from Broadway, with pleasant rooms fronting the 
street. It wilf accommodate seventy-live guests. 



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Franklin ^^^t^ji^ House.— This liouse is lo- 
cated just above tu. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ opposite the 
United States Hotel. It n., ^i^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^ 
garden plots, also croquet grouio^ ^^^^ -^ ^ 
strictly first-class boarding house, and its -. ^^ ^• 
makes it specially desirable for families ; accou. 
modation is here provided for eighty guests, and 
the rates are from §12 to $174^ per week, according 
to rooms. The house is kept open all the year, 
and a reduction is made before and after the sum- 
mer season. Mr. and Mrs W. L. Balcli are the 
proprietors. 

Hayden House. — Is at 101 Congress street, not 
far from the princixml sj^rings and hotels ; is sup- 
plied with all modern improvements ; the furni- 
ture and bedding is all first-class ; the house is 
nicely shaded and has a broad piazza ; the accom- 
modation here is for forty guests ; rates for tran- 
sients. $2 per day ; for regular boarders, §8 to 
$14 x>er week, according to rooms. Open all 
year. Reduced rates out of season. Apjply to 
Mrs. L. Hayden, proprietor. 

HowLAND House. — Is an excellent boarding 
house at 573 North Broadway, opposite the 
AVaverly Hotel and Mt. McGregor Railway De- 
pot. It is one of the finest boarding houses in 
Saratoga, and is in the most charming part of the 
most beautiful avenue of the village. ^ The house 
has a very fine piazza fronting Broadway and 



TO SARATOGA. 153 

commanding a deliglitful view. The proprietor, 
Mr. J. Hovvland, is one of Saratoga's most re- 
spected citizens, and has had several years' expe- 
rience in caring for summer boarders. 

HuESTis House (59-2 G). — Is on Broadway. 

Lin WOOD House (47-2 G). — S. M. Van Deusen, 
projmetor, is an excellent boarding house, on 
South Broadway, opx)osite the Windsor Hotel. 
It has equal advantages of location, being on the 
great drive and promenade of the village, and 
near the Congress, Columbian, Hathorn and 
Washington Si;)rings, the Congress Spring Park, 
the large hotels and other prominent attractions. 
It is in all respects a very desirable place in which 
to reside while at the springs. The rooms are 
large and airy, and furnished in modern style, 
with modern conveniences on each hoor. The 
Linwood is fitted with electric bells, annunciators, 
&c., and will accommodate sixty-live guests. 
Guests will be well entertained at the Linwood. 

Manor House. — This commodious house is on 
South Broadway, and during the recess has beeu 
thoroughly cleaned and newly furnished through- 
out; the rooms are large, a fresh water spring is 
on the premises, vegetables are furnished by the 
large gardens surrounding the house. Tiiis house 
is especially adapted for ladies and children, for 
whicli latter there is i^leuty of romping ground. 
The house affords accommodation for forty guests, 



154 LEE'S GUIDE 

rates being from $10 to §17.50, according to 
rooms ; special rates for families. For terms, 
&c., ajDply to Cliarles Forrest Wood, manager. 

Mansion House (39-6 G). — Is on Spring 
avenue. 

Makston House. — This house is at No. 29 
MatiLla street, near United States Hotel, and only 
half a block from depot. Accommodation for 
thirty guests ; rates from $7 to $12 per week; 
transients, $2 per day;- open all year; reduced 
rates before June and after September. Applica- 
tions to be made to Mrs. J. Marston, proi3rietor. 

MoKEY House (62-4 C). — Is on Franklin street. 

New England House. — This house is situated 
on Matilda street, No. 125, and in an elevated 
locality. From this house a nice view can be ob- 
tained of the surrounding country; only one block 
from Broadway, and within a few minutes' walk 
of the principal springs. The house has large 
piazzas, garden, &c., and is shaded. Accommo- 
dation for forty guests. Rates are $1.50 to $2 per 
day for transients, and regular boarders $6 to $10 
j)er week. The house is well furnished, and is 
kept open all year. Eeduced rates X3revailing 
out of season. For particulars address Mrs. N . 
B. Sherwood, proprietor. 

Oak WOOD House (6 G). — This house is on 
Regent street, corner of White street, and has 
accommodation for seventy guests. Rates are 



TO SAEATOGA. ^' 155 

from $12 to $18 per week ; transients, $2.50 per 
day. The house is nicely shaded, and has an ex- 
tensive lawn. The house is not more than live 
minutes' walk from the principal springs and 
Broadway. R. J. Dunning is i^roj^rietor. 

Orr House — This house is at 177 and 179 
South Broadway, and has this season been newly 
furnished througliout ; its sanitary arrangements 
are good; has a piazza on the north and a large 
private garden ; it has accommodations for lifty 
guests, the rates being $2.50 x)er day, or $14 to 
$20 per week. Oi3en to Novembei 1st. Mrs. 
Allen Orr is proprietor. 

Pitney House (01-2 B).— The Pitney House is 
on Congress street, and is kept by Mr. Jerome 
Pitney, who has a large farm, from which he sup- 
plies the table with fruit, vegetables, milk an<l 
cream, fresh from the farm twice a day. The 
Pitney thus has a very great advantage over other 
houses, which depend ux)on their sujiplies in the 
village markets. Many of the guests are old 
patrons who have boarded at this house every 
season for years, and who aj)preciate the luxuries 
which this house places before its guests at the 
table. Two neat cottages on the grounds adjoin- 
ing the house are rented to such as desire more 
seclusion than the large house affords. Accom- 
modation for 100 guests. 

Pleasant House. — Tliis house is at 31 Federal 



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street, one block from Broadway, and overlooks 
the gronnds of the Grand Union hotel, not far 
from the Hathorn and Congress Springs. The 
house has been newly furnished, and is fitted with 
all modern improvements. Accommodation for 
fifty guests. Eates, $3.50 per day, or from $10 
to $15 per week. L. P. Sawyer is proprietor. 

Regent Street House. — This house, very 
pleasantly situated at 209 Regent street, will ac- 
commodate twenty guests, is open from May to 
October 15th, and its rates are, for transients, 
$1.50 to $2 per day, and regular boarders, $8 to 
$10 per week. It has a nice garden, piazza, is 
shaded, and on one of the residential streets of 
Saratoga. Mr. Silas Barrett is the proprietor. 

Rock Street House. — This house stands at 
the corner of Rock and Catharine streets, and, as 
its name implies, is in close proximity to the 
High Rock Spring, also the Empire, Star and Red 
Springs. It has accommodation for twenty-five 
guests, the rate being from $7 to $12, according to 
rooms. This house is close to the Mt. McGregor 
depot, only one block from Broadway, and not 
far from AVoodlawn Park. Mrs. M. B. French is 
the proprietor. 

RossiTER House. — This house stands in its 
own grounds at the corner of Phila and Regent 
streets, has been thoroughly renovated since last 
season, and had a considerable addition to its 



TO SARATOGA. 15^ 

furniture. The house is supplied with all m.odern 
impro\ enients, has a large piazza iu front, and is 
shaded by tall trees and vines. The house is kept 
open all year. Can accommodate sixty guests. 
Kates are from $10 to $15 per week, with special 
rates for families. Apply to S E. Wing, man- 
ager. 

• Russ House. — This house is at 58 Putnam 
street, one block from Broadway and close to 
Hathorn Spring, only a few minutes walk to Con- 
gress Spring and Park ; accommodation for thirty- 
live guests ; rate, $1 per day, or six to ten dollars 
per week ; open all year. Mrs. C. Burns is pro- 
prietor. 

Sands House, 212 Regent street, will accom- 
modate twelve guests ; rate from ten to fifteen 
dollars per week, according to room ; transients, 
$2 per day. Open May to November. Raphael 
J. Sands is proprietor. 

Summer Rest. — This is a cosy house at 75 and 
77 Sirring street ; well furnished and fitted with 
all the imiDrovements ; it overlooks the Indian 
Park ; is only about three minutes walk from 
Hathorn, Congress Spring and Broadway ; all 
the delicacies of the season will be found on the 
tables of tlie Summer Rest. It has accommoda- 
tion for forty guests. Its rates are from $10 to 
$15 per week. This is the tenth season, and will 
be open for the reception of guests from May to 



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October 31st. Mrs. M. E. Morse is the pro- 
prietor. 

Summit House. — This house is most centrally 
located at 17 Matilda street, with an entrance 
from Railroad Place, opposite the depot, it is 
open all the year, has all modern improvements, 
stands in its own grounds, close to United States 
Hotel, half a block from Broadway, within three 
minutes walk of the principal springs. The house 
is well furnished, will accommodate thirty-live 
guests, and its rates for transients is $2 per day, 
and for regular boarders $7 to $12 per week. 
Mrs. E. Schmidt is the proprietor. 

Temple Gkove (100-8 J). — Is on Circular 
street. 

Terwilliger House. — This is a modern house 
in every respect and finished like a private resi- 
dence, all modern improvements are here in pro- 
fusion. The house is also nicely located at 198 
South Broadway, not far from the Windsor and 
Clarendon hotels ; accommodation for twenty 
guests ; rates $2.50 per day, or $10 to $20 per 
week, according to rooms. Open June 1st to 
October 31st. Mrs. Simon Terwilliger is the pro- 
prietor. 

Trim Cottage. — This beautiful house is at 61 
Phila street, and is in close proximity to the 
Hathorn, Congress and Hamilton springs. The 
accommodation is for fifty guests, and is opeu 




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from May 1st to November. The rates are from 
SlO to $15 per week, according to rooms. The 
house has all modern improvements, has a high 
reputation for the excellence of its table, and is 
furnished in a most elegant manner, piazza on 
south and east sides Mrs. H. P. Trim is the 
proprietor. 

Yeumont House (44-11 F). — Is on Grove 
street. 

Wasiibijrne House. — This is the fifth season 
of this house. It is located on Washington street, 
near Broadway, and overlooks the park of the 
Grand Union hotel. It is very convenient to the 
principal springs. This is a large house, having 
no less than 350 feet in length of piazzas, is beau- 
tifully shaded, and has a large lawn. The house 
is finished in good style, well furnished, and is 
supplied with all modern improvements, includ- 
ing steam heat. Table and appointments are first 
class. Accommodation can be had for 125 guests; 
open May to November. Major A- S. AVashburne 
is the proiHietor. 

AVest Side House. — This house is at 63 Con- 
gress street, and will accommodate fifty guests. 
The rates are from ^6 to s^lO per week; transients, 
$1.50; rooms, fifty cents. This house has been 
newly furnished, and is kept open all year. Mrs. 
J. ?\Iarr is proprietor. 

Wheeler House. — This house is at 560 Broad- 



TO SAEATOaA. 161 

way, close to Mount McGregor depot and the 
Waverly hotel. The house has a piazza, is nicely 
shaded, not far from the High Rock group of 
springs, and has accommodation for forty guests; 
open all the year. Rates are $1.50 to $2 per day 
during season, and $1 per day other parts of the 
year. Apply to Mrs. H. R. Berry, proprietor. 

White Stkeet Mat^sion. — This is a large 
modern house, standing in its own grounds, on 
the corner of White and Cottage streets, and in a 
very pleasant part of Saratoga. It is supplied 
with all modern improvements, and is considered 
a very good house. The accommodation is for 
forty guests. Rates, $12 to $18 per week; tran- 
sients $2.50 per day. Open June to October. A. 
M. Huntington, is proprietor. 

Wilcox House. — This house is on Church 
street, and adjoins the depot. There is accom- 
modation for twenty guests. Rates, $8 per week; 
transients, $1.50 per day. This is an old estab- 
liouse and open all tlie year. Lodgings may 
also be liad here; terms $4 per week. Mrs. C. R. 
Wilcox is proprietor. 




MONUMENT SaUARE, SARATOGA. 



TO SARATOGA. 163 

CHAPTER VIII. 
PRIVATE BOARDING. 

A great nninber of visitors desiring more retired 
accomiiiodation while in Saratoga, than can be 
found either in the Hotels or Boarding houses, 
Private boarding houses have been established. 
Some of these houses are Yevy imposing, are 
furnished in the very best style, have all modern 
improvements, keep good tables, and are very 
desirable stopping places for visitors or families 
desiring pleasant surroundings, with homelike 
comforts, at moderate rates. We have been at 
some trouble in procuring this information,^ and 
now place it before our readers in numerical order. 

1 Waterhury Street.— n\\^ house is at the cor- 
ner of Clinton and Waterbury streets, and has 
accommodation for twenty-live guests. The rates 
are %\SiQ per day, or $7 to $10 per week. Mrs. 
Jackson has had sixteen years' experience in her 
business and knows how to look after her guests. 
Open all year. Mrs. J. Jackson is the proprietor. 

3 Friedlandef s Bloclc.—Thx^ house is on 
Washington street, opposite the Continental hotel, 
only one block from Broadway and depot. The 
house has accommodation for about twelve 
guests. Rates $1 per day, or from $5 to $8 per 



164 LEE'S GUIDE 

week. For further particulars address Mrs. M. 
A. Freeman, proprietor. 

5 JEllsioorth Block. — This block and house is on 
Henry street; they aro new houses and fitted with 
all modern improvements. This house has been 
furnished Avith new furniture and carpets througli- 
out; has bath, hot and cold water, &c. ; is nicely 
shaded; only one block from Broadway, and not 
far from the Hathorn and Hamilton Springs, ac- 
commodation for twelve guests ; transients, $1.50 
to $2 ; regular boarders, $8 to 810 per week. Mrs. 
E. H. Wright is the proprietor. 

5 Greenfield Avenue. — This house is very pleas- 
antly located on Greenfield avenue, only a few 
steps from Broadway, and not far from Woodlawn 
Park. Accommodation for twenty guests. Kates 
from $10 to $15 per week ; transients, $2 per day; 
not far from High Rock groujj of springs, and 
within live minutes' walk of the big hotels. All 
modern conveniences. Ox)en all year. Mrs Gur- 
ney is proprietor, 

12 Front Street. — This house, which is not far 
from Broadway, and about midway between the 
principal springs, will accommodate twenty to 
thirty guests. Rates are $1 to $1.50 i^er day, or 
$7 to $9 per week. Open all year. Mrs. W. B. 
Donlon is proprietor. 

20 Matilda Street. -This house is very agreeably 
situated, and is supplied with all modern im- 



TO SARATOGA. 165 

provements; not far from depot and Broadway- 
Has been newly furnished; will accommodate 
twenty guests. Rates from 8 to 12 dollars per 
week, according to room; transients 1.50 to §2 per 
day. Open all year; reduced rates out of season. 
Mrs. J. J. Healey, is x)roprietor. 

24 Matilda Street — This house is not far from 
the depot, and has accommodation for twenty 
guests. Rates from 10 to 15 dollars per week ; 
transients, 1.50 to 2 dollars per day. This is an 
old established house, has been thoroughly reno- 
vated, and is well furnished. Open all year. Re- 
duced rates June and September. Mrs. J. F. 
West is proprietor. 

26 Henry Street. — Tliis house is the lirst from 
Spring street, overlooking the Indian Camp and 
Park. The house has been newly furnished and 
is now ready to receive its guests, of which it can 
accommodate about twelve. The rates are for 
transients $1.50 to §2 per day, and regular board- 
ers $8 to $12 per week. Open all year, and a re- 
duction made before and after the season. The 
house is not far from tlie Hathorn and otlier 
springs, and only two blocks from Broadway. 
Mrs. M. Andrews is the proprietor. 

27 Cowen Street. — Tliis liouse is at the corner of 
Ash street, iuid is strictly a Jewish boarding- 
house. Accommodation for thirty to forty guests. 
Rates $5 to $15 per week, according to rooms and 



166 LEE'S GUIDE 

attendance. Open all year, and transients taken 
at from 81 to .^2 per day. S. Ellis & Son pro- 
prietors. 

30 Henry Street. — This house is situated hi\. 
tween Spring and Phila streets and is very cen- 
tral ; accomnu)darion for twenty-live guests ; rates 
are from 81 to 81. •'^O per day, and from 8'7 to 810 
per week. The house is only about two minutes 
walk to Broadway and principal springs and has 
quite a large garden. Mrs. M. A. Pemberton is 
the proprietor. 

31 Caroline Street. — This liouse has been reno- 
vated and undergone several alterations since iast 
season ; it is nov/ prepared to receive its guests ; 
accommodation for ten to fifteen ; rates are §10 
per week. This house keeps open all year, and 
makes a reduction in its rates before and after tlie 
season. Mrs. Robert (i-illis is proprietor. 

36 Putnam Street. —This house is on the corner 
of Putnam and Phiia streets, and almost opposite 
the Hathorn Spring, has accommodation for thirty 
to forty guests. Rates, 81.50 per day, or 88 to 
812 per week. Open all year. Reduced rates out 
of seasv;n. Bar in connection with the house, also 
stable. Mrs. Owen Collins proprietor. 

40 Fraiiklln Street. — This house adjoins Dr. 
Hamilton's and is in a very quiet street, but -with- 
in three minutes walk of the Hathorn and Con- 
gress Si3rings and the big hotels ; accommodation 



TO SARATOGA. 1G7 

is for twenty guests. Rates from §10 to 815 per 
week ; transients $2 j^er day. Open all tlie year. 
Reduced rates out of season The house is well 
furnished- and within one blocl^ of the depot. 
Miss E. A. Ensign is proprietor. 

45 Henry Street. — This honse is between Phila 
and Caroline streets, and has aciionunodation for 
ten gnests. Rates, §1 per day, or 85 to 88 per 
week. Open all year. lias a ])iazza, and is shad- 
ed by tall elms. Mrs. II. T. White is the proprie- 
tor. 

48 Congress Street. — This house is intended 
more particularly for the entertainment of Jewish 
visitors, and will accommodate titty guesls ; rates 
from 87 to 1^10 per week ; transients, 81 to 81.50 
per day. The house has been newly furnished, is 
only one l)lock froui Broadway and Congress 
Park. Messrs. Goldstein & Metzler are tlie pro 
prielors. 

48 Phila Street.— '\:\\\^ house, very pleasantly 
situated, close to llathorn and Congivss St)rings, 
and onlj^ a bk^ck and a half from Broadway, can 
accommodate twenty guests ; the rates are 82.50 
per (lay, or 810 to 815 per week. Opt'U all tlie 
year. Out of season rates are from 88 to 812 per 
week. Nice garden and jnazza attached to the 
house, botli of which are shaded. Mrs. E. A. 
Free;uan is the i)roprietor. 

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house, not far from Broadway and the springs. 
Accommodation for fifteen to twenty guests. Open 
June to October. Rates $1.25 per day, or $7 to 
$8 per week. Mrs. Eliza Shepherd is' proprietor. 

51 East Street, close to Kensington Hotel and 
Union Avenue, and in a very desirable X)art of 
Saratoga. Mrs. Moon has had considerable ex- 
X)erience in the entertainment of guests, and visit- 
ors may rest assured that at her establishment 
they will receive every attention. This house 
will accommodate sixteen guests ; it is well and 
newly furnished ; it stands in its own grounds ; 
has a large piazza and shaded by tall elms. The 
rates here are very moderate, being $15 to §20 per 
week, and transients are accommodated at $3 per 
day. For further particulars address Mrs. Moon. 

55 Phila Street. — This house is on the corner of 
Henry street and only two minutes w^alk from 
Broadway, Hathorn or Congress Spring. This is 
a good boarding house and will accommodate 
thirty- five guests. The rates are $2 per day, or 
from $8 to $15 per week. The house is open all 
year, has large piazzas, garden, &c., and has un- 
dergone several alterations and improvements 
since last year. Mrs. T. D. Carpenter is the pro- 
prietor. 

57 PMla Street. — This is a good and an old es- 
tablished house ; it is furnished in good style and 
has all modern improvements ; piazza on two 



TO SARATOGA. 169 

sides, lawn, &c. ; the house can accommodate 50 
guests ; the rates being from $10 to 815 per week, 
and transients $2 per day. Mrs. J. P. Scovill is 
the proprietor. 

65 Front Btreet.—Y\\\^ house has been newly- 
furnished, has a nice view over the valley and 
along Circular street ; is only one block from 
Broadway and near to the Higli Rock and other 
springs ; open the year round ; has accommoda- 
tion for tw^elve to fifteen guests ; rates 7 to 10 dol- 
lars a week ; transients one dollar and a half per 
day. Mrs. Julia Kouse, proprietor. 

67 Congress Street.— This house has been estab- 
lished for 13 years, and its boarders return year 
after year. It is in close proximity to the Grand 
Union and only one block from Broad w^ay ; ac- 
commodation for sixty guests ; rates from eight 
to ten dollars per week ; transients one dollar and 
a half a day. Open June to October. Mrs. M. 
AValsli, proprietor. 

73 Spring Street.— This house overlooks the 
Indian Camp and Park, is not far from the Ha- 
thorn and Congress Springs, and is very central 
and convenient ; the accommodation is for fifteen 
to twenty guests ; the rates being froui ten to fif- 
teen dollars per w^eek, according to room, and 
tiansients two dollars per day ; the house has 
been thoroughly renovated, has a good wide pi- 
azza,, and a w^ell of fresli sx)ring w^ateron the i)rem' 
ises. Mr. Geo. A. Southall is the proprietor. 



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74 Matilda Street.— K nice view can be had 
from this house, which is somewhat elevated ; it 
is not a hirge house, but a very comfortable one ; 
it is only one block from Broadway, and all the 
principal springs or hotels can be reached in a 
live minutes' walk. It has recently been reno- 
vated, is nicely shaded and has a wide piazza. 
Accommodation can be had for eight guests ; 
rates being from seven to ten dollars per week. 
Mrs. H. A. Wood is the proprietor. 

83 Division Street. — This house is very pleas- 
antly situated, facing Franklin Square, it has 
been newly furnished, and has a very home-like 
appearance, it is not far from the depot, Broad- 
way and the springs, yet is very quiet. Open 
Mav to October. Accommodation for twelve 
guests. Bates are $2 per day, or $10 per week. 
Mrs. B. Smith is the proprietor. 

87 Circular Street. — This house is at the corner 
of Spring street, oi)posite Temple Grove and the 
Indian Camp. It is considered a good house for 
visitors, and will accommodate forty guests. 
Rates from 10 to 14 dollars per week. Open May 
17th to October 1st. This house is not far from 
the principal springs and hotels. Mrs. S. B. ' 
Thorn is proprietor. 

88 Front Street. — This house is not far from the 
High Bock, Star and Empire Springs, it is open 

11 the year and will accommodate abo at twelve 



TO SARATOGA. 171 

guests. The rates are very reasonable, being from 
six to seven dollars per week, and transients one 
to one and a half dollars per day ; only one block 
from Broadway. Mrs. Geo. W. Clayton, proprie- 
tor, will answer all enquiries. 

91 Divlsiofi Slreet. — This house is very pleas- 
antly situated and a nice prospect can be had 
from its rooms ; it is a little over a block from 
the bustle of Broadway and about two blocks 
from the Hathorii and Congress Springs. The 
house has been newly and tastefully furnished 
throughout, its piazza and rooms are nicely 
shaded, all modern improvements have been in- 
troduced, and everything done to make its guests 
enjoy their visit to Saratoga. The house will ac- 
commodate eight or ten guests, and the rates will 
be $10 to $15 per week, according to rooms occu- 
pied. Mrs. A. M. Warner is proprifHor. 

91 Vandaiii Street. — This house is in the north. 
west part of the village, only two blocks from 
Broadway, and very nicely located. It has a pi- 
azza front and side, lawn, is shaded by tall elms. 
This house will accommodate twenty guests, is 
open all the year, and during the season its rates 
are for transients $1.50 per day, and regular board- 
ers from $7 to §10 per week. Mrs. Elizabeth 
Shonts is the proprietor. 

101 Washington Street. — This house is very 
nicely located at the corner of Washington and 



172 LEE'S GUIDE 

Franklin streets. It is prettily furnished, lias a 
piazza, garden, &c. , and is shaded by large elms ; 
only two blocks from Broadway. Has accommo- 
dation for twelve guests. The rates are 7 to 10 
dollars a week, according to room. Mrs. W. H. 
Waring is the proprietor. 

103 West Congress Street. — This house is only 
two blocks from Broadway and principal springs. 
It has been newly furnished, has piazza, is shaded 
by tall trees, and will make a point of placing a 
good table before its guests. Accommodation for 
ten visitors. Rates are from 10 to 15 dollais per 
week; open from June to October. Mr. J. W. 
Martin is the proprietor. 

109 Phila Street. — This is a modern house, fin 
nished in hard woods, lofty ceilings, and all 
modern improvements. Some of the best families 
of New York stop at this house. It has been 
newly furnished and carpeted, and is in first class 
order for the reception of visitors. It stands in 
its own grounds, has a broad j^iazza, shaded, 
garden, &c., and can accommodate twenty guests. 
It is not far from the Congress and Hathorn 
springs. Mrs. W. B Deuel is the proprietor. 

Ill Phila Street. — This is a modern house, with 

all improvements; is very select and well furnished; 

' the rooms are high and well ventilated; a nice 

lawn runs on the east side of the house, and a 

piazza in front. The accommodation is for 



TO SARATOGA. 173 

eighteen guests, the rates being two dollars per 
day, or 10 to 15 dollars per week. Open all year. 
Rates reduced out of season. For further i:>arti- 
culars address Mrs. J. A. Thomson, proprietor. 

120 West Congress Street. — This house is at the 
corner of West Congress and Walworth streets, 
and has accommodation for twenty-five guests. 
The rates are, for transients, $2 to S2.50 per day ; 
for regular boarders, 10 to 15 dollars per week. 
Large garden is attached to the house, which is 
nicely shaded on Congress street; it is nearly op- 
posite to the Pitney house. Open May to Octo- 
ber. Miss Flora E. Rawson is the proprietor. 

121 Lalce Avenue,— 'Hii^ house, pleasantly situ- 
ated on Lake avenue, is ojien all year, and has 
accommodation for about fifteen guests. The 
rates are from 10 to 12 dollars per week ; tran- 
sients, 1.50 to 2 dollars i:)er day; reduced rates 
before June and after September. The house is 
surrounded by its own grounds, is nicely shaded, 
supplied with all modern conveniences, large gar- 
den and stable, and carriage belonging to tlie 
proprietor, which can be used by visitors at 
reduced rates. Mr. R. Churchill is the proprie- 
tor. 

125 Lalce Avcmte. — This house is nearly oppo- 
site the end of Regent street, and overlooks a 
private park. It has been thorouglily renovated 
and refurnished; will accommodate twelve guests; 



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Rates from 8 to 12 dollars per week, according to 
room; no objection to cliildren. Garden, shaded, 
&c. ; two blocks from Broadway, and not far 
from Ilidi Roclv spring. Address Mrs. Markell. 
proprietor. 

125 Pliila Street. — This boarding house is 
nicely located on Phila street, second house from 
Regent street; has a nice piazza, garden and 
o-rounds, and fitted with modern improvements. 
Accommodation for thirty-five guests Rates are 
$2 i)er day, or from 10 to 15 dollars per vvoek. 
Open all year; reduced rates out of season. Miss 
D. A. Pierce is the proprietor. 

135 Circular Street. — This is a lirst-class house 
on the fashionable residential street of Saratoga ; 
has been newly furnished and renovated, and is 
supplied with all modern improvements; has ac- 
commodation for twenty-five guests; rates from 
10 to 15 dollars per week, according to rooms. 
Mrs. C. H. Ballard is the proprietor. 

13G Spring Street. — This house is about six 
blocks from Broadway, on the east ; has been re- 
furnished, and is now ready for the reception of 
guests, of which it can accommodate twenty-five. 
Rates are from 10 to 15 dollars per week, accord 
ing to rooms. Mrs. W. A. Burnett is the pro- 
prietor. 

147 Matilda Street.— "Yhi^ house is at the cor- 
nor of Alger and near Yandani street, only one 



TO SARATOGA. 175 

block from Broadway, and witliin a few minutes' 
walk of the principal springs and hotels It is a 
modern house, with piazza, garden, stable, <S:c.; 
nicely shaded, and somewhat elevated; the house 
will accommodate about twenty guests. Rates 
for transients, tw^o dollars per day; regular board- 
ers, 8 to 12 dollars per w^eek. Mrs. N. B. Sher- 
man is the proprietor. 

148 Regent Street. — This is a new house, with 
all modern improvements; its ceilings are very 
high, and the house is tastefully furnished; it has 
a nicely shaded piazza, is nearly opposite the 
Kensington Hotel, and between Spring street and 
Union avenue. It will accommodate fifteen guests, 
and its rates are from 10 to IT) dollars per week. 
Mrs. C. II. Lyker is the proprietor. 

141) Frani Street. — This house overlooks the 
celebrated Em[)ire and Star si)rings, and from its 
piazza a distance of some miles can be seen ; the 
house stands on elevated ground, has a pretty 
garden aiul very pleasant surroundings. Accom- 
modation for twenty guests; rates, 1.50 per day, 
or 7 to 8 dollars per week. Open all year. Mrs. 
P. Smith is the proprietor. 

149 Regent Street. — This house is in close prox- 
imity to the Kensington Hotel, and only two min- 
utes' walk to Congress Park and the large hotels. 
The accommodation is for lifteen guests; the rates 
being from 10 to 15 dollars per week; transients* 



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nvo dollars per day: rlie iccms are large and 
well venrilattd: the liciise is kept open all the 
year. Mrs. S. H Swart is proprietor. 

163 P?iUa Strtct. — This is qnite a new stmc- 
ture, and is furnished with great taste; ir has a 
laige garden, piazza, and is supplied with all 
modem improTements. It will accommodate 
twenty-five guests, and the rates are two dollars 
per day. or from 8 to 14 dollars per week: the 
ceilings are high and the rooms well ventilated. 
Mrs. C. S. Smith is the proprietor. 

16S Phila Street. — ^This house stands in irs own 
grounds, which are of considerable extent, some 
of which is laid out as a fruit and vegetable 
garden, from which supplies are obtained dii^ect 
for the table. The house affords accommodation 
for twenty guests, audits rates are two dollars p»er 
day. or 10 to 12 dollars per week. The house is 
nicely situated, has a piazza in front, and is well 
furnished. Mrs. C. E. Eldridge. is the proprietor. 

181 WasJiington Street. —This house, though 
small, is well adapted to the tastes of some good 
visitors to Saratoga. It is quite a modem house, 
piazzas on two sides: garden. The house is well 
ventilated and shaded by large trees. Accommo- 
dation for six guests: rates are 1.50 per day, or 
7 to 10 dollars x>er week. The house is five blocks 
from Broadway, has stable and carriage for use 
of visitors. 2te. J. C. Fitzgerald is the proprie- 



TO SAEATOGA. 177 

188 West Congress Street. — This house has 
been opened as a private boarding house ; it is 
about three blocks from Broadway and the piin- 
cii)al springs; the house is in a nice open place, 
with plenty of garden: the accommodation will 
be for about twelve guests, and the rates will be 
one dollar per day, or 6 to 8 dollars per week; the 
house will be kept open all year. Mrs. Albert 
Miller is the proprietor. 

212 Union Aj:enue. — This house has a fine view; 
has plenty of ground and open fields; it is about 
midway from Circular street to the mce course, 
and stands at the corner of Xelson avenue. The 
house will accommodate about twenty guests; 
rates from 12 to 15 dollars per week, according to 
rooms; transients, two dollars per day. Mrs. 
Andrew Edmonds is proprietor. 

^219 Union Avenue. — This house is about mid- 
way between the town proper and the race course, 
and is very pleasantly located: the house is well 
built and supplied with all modern improvements; 
accommodation for twenty guests: rates two dol- 
lars per day, or 12 to 14 dollars per week. Mrs. 
H. del Corral is proi^rietor. 

495 Broadway. — This modern house is on 
Broadway, opposite the Presbyterian Church, 
and is patronized by a good class of visitors, is 
open all the year, and has accommodations for 
thirty guests. Rates are from si2 to si7.5't per 



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week, transients $3 per day ; all modern improve- 
ments. Ajjply to Mrs. L. B. Putnam, i)roprietor. 
800 Broadway. — This lioiise is at tlie north end 
of the village, and overlooks Woodlawn Park, 
the residence of Judge Hilton. The rooms are 
high and well ventilated, garden attached to the 
house, accommodation for 12 guests. Rates one 
to one and a half dollars per day, or seven to 
eight dollars per week. VV. J. Carroll is the 
proprietor. 






DR. ROBERT HAMILTON'S 

MEDICAL INSTITCJTB 

Franklin Street Saratoga Springs^ N, Y. 



'mcp^' 




This estftbllshment i3 olinnnintrly IocuUhI, noiir tlio i.iiiicipfil Springs, Churches 
and TToteh, atrl ofr-f illv M-laptf*! io tlip rC(iuin'mo?its of invalids and puests. 

THE BOARDING DEIWUT.MEN' T is wpII ro-iil»t(Ml. the Halls and Parlor 
unu'snallv pleasant nD'l thfi SlHP]iin!u'-r<v»ms cheerful, airy jind well furnished, 

SPECIAL INDTTCEMl'.NTS are ollVred to those seekin.' Health, as, in addition 
to the ordinary medicinal apents em i> loved in -reneral practice, tlu most Scientitic 
Reniedi'd Appliances are here in use. incindin-r Eiectro-Chemical, Sulphur and other 
Bath". Swedish Mov<^ment, Health Lift, Inhalation, i^-c. 

SPECIALTY of Chronic D.«en«i'S and Female and Lung affeclions. 

LE(VTURES twice a woek, by Dr. Hamilton and others. 

TERMS, fom $10 to $20 per week, dependent upon the room occupied and atten- 
tion required. 

For further information apply to K. H .\ iTB II/rOi\, ITf. D., 

Saratoga Springs, New York, 



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CHAPTER IX. 
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. 

The institutions for the special treatment of dis- 
eases in Saratoga are few, but one or two are 
recognized by the medical fraternity as quite 
superior, and are certainly well supplied with 
medical appliances, and are under competent 
management. 

Dr. Robert Hamilton's Medical Institute 
(4 C) on Franklin street, is an institution for the 
treatment of various chronic and special diseases, 
and is conducted by one of Saratoga's most emi- 
nent j)iiysicians, who has long enjoyed a good 
reputation as a practitioner, and is a conscientious 
student of medicine. Many are familiar with his 
institution that stood on the corner of Broadway 
and Congress street for many years, but was 
burned in the disastrous fire that swept away the 
Park Place and Crescent Hotels. 

In the spring of 1874, Dr. Hamilton removed to 
Franklin street, one of the most quiet and beauti- 
ful streets in town, and has now one of the best 
institutions for the treatment of various diseases. 
He is one of the most reliable consulting physici- 
ans in Saratoga county, and having long resided 
and jpracticed in Saratoga, and observed the vari- 



TO SARATOGA. 181 

ous spring waters on different constitutions and 
in different diseases, is qualified to give advice to 
those who wish to drink the mineral waters in a 
systematic way and to the best advantage. Br. 
Hamilton makes a specialty of this practice, and 
is recognized as a most excellent authority on the 
subject. 

The institution is open as a summer boarding- 
house during the season, is kept in good style, 
and in such a manner that no features of a medi- 
cal institution are observable. The terms are very 
reasonable, and all the medical patrons will be 
most conscientiously and ably treated, and the 
pleasure guests cared for with faithful attendance 
to their wants. We append a notice that ap- 
peared in the Saratoga Sim, April, 1874, which 
shows how Dr. Hamilton is regarded at home by 
those who know him best : 

''Up to the lime of the destruction of 'The 
Crescent' by fire, there was probably no medical 
institute in Saratoga better known or so well 
known as the one kept by Dr. Robert Hamilton. 
His common-sense method of treatment, his 
thorough acquaintance with the medical proi)er- 
ties of the waters of all the springs, and the 
general tone of health, vigor, hopefulness and 
social comfort which distinguished his practice, 
made his institute popular with all its inmates, 
and famous throughout the land. It is conveni- 



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ently located on Franklin street, in tlie most 
quiet, genteel, and accessible part of the village, 
and those who desire to avail themselves of the 
excellent methods of treatment, and the snpeiior 
advantages of his institution, will do wisely to 
make early application." 

Dr. Hamilton has accommodation for 75 guests, 
the rates being from $10 to $20, according to 
rooms occupied, reduced rates out of season, and 
refers to some of the most distinguished visitors 
to Saratoga. 

HoM(EOPATiiic Medical Institute (13-G). — 
This institution is at the north-west corner of Van- 
dam and Front streets, one block from Broadway, 
and in close proximity to the High Rock, Star, 
Empire and Red Springs. This is an institution 
long needed, and the only one of its kind in Sara- 
toga, its main feature will be the treatment of 
various chronic and special diseases. In addition 
to a resident physician, assistance will be render- 
ed by a corps of physicians from ISTew Yoi'k, and 
once a week by one of the professors. The resi- 
dent physician is a gentleman of large and varied 
experience, having had several years of European 
and 37 years of American practice. The Institu- 
tution will be opened as a summer boarding-house 
during the season, it will be l^erpt in good style, 
and guests will receive every attention. Parties 
visiting Saratoga would do well to call and con 



TO SARATOGA. 183 

suit the pliysician in charge in regard to the vari- 
ons spring waters, injudicious drinking of the 
waters being often attended with unpleasant and 
even serious consequences. The Institution will 
accommodate 75 to 100 guests, and the rates will 
be very moderate. Applications to be made to 
the resident physician. 

"The Abekukkn," Dr. D. Tillotson Gale, pro- 
prietor, No. 194 South Broadway, Saratoga 
Springs. "The Aberdeen" is a summer resort 
for guests. It has also Dr. Gale's Institute for the 
cure of chronic diseases as an annex. Located on 
a wide, shady avenue, and only a short distance 
fi'om the principal springs. The Institution does 
not have the appearance of a medical institute, 
being Dr. Gale's private residence. 

The appointments are first-class. Airy rooms 
with sunny exposure for fifty guests. A very 
unique and successful institution. Circulars with 
explanations and references on application. 

Dr. O. Ford's Medical Institute. — This In- 
stitution, which is conducted as an Eclectic Medi- 
cal Institute, is situated at 125 Matilda street 
(the New England House), and is also a regular 
summer resort. Di. Ford has all the appliances 
for the cure of chronic diseases of all kinds, 
especially kidneys, liver, cancer and rheumatism. 
Dr. Ford will also attend patients staying at other 
houses, and give advice to visitors upon the 
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Dr. Ford has had upwards of forty j^ears' ex- 
perience, and has all kinds of baths at the Insti- 
tute, sulphur, vapor, galvanic; also electricity in 
its various forms. Address, Dr. Ford, 125 Matilda 
street, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

Remedial Institute (88-9 J). — Is on Circular 
street. 

Eureka White Sulphur Spring. — This valu- 
able spring is situated about a mile east of the 
village, and about a quarter of a mile east of the 
Excelsior Spring. The curative properties of it 
are fully established, and there is a large and 
ver}^ commodious bathing-house, containing lifty 
baths, and supj)lied with every convenience for 
giving warm or cold sulphur baths at all hours of 
the day. This spring supplies a very im2)ortant 
element to the attractions of Saratoga. The other 
springs supply A^aluable mineral waters to be 
taken internally, while the White Sulphur waters 
supply chat very important element of medicinal 
effect produced by bathing, Persons afflicted 
with rheumatism or cutaneous diseases always 
recei\e positive benefit, and generally are com- 
pletely cured by using these baths. The water is 
very pure, containing no mineral matter whatever 
except sulphur. Male and female attendants are 
always at hand during bathing hours, and every 
convenience for luxurious and wholesome bathing 
is afforded. 



TO SARATOGA. 



18^ 



The trains of the B. H. T. & W. Railway Com- 
pany run at short intervals from the village to 
the bath-house. Fare each way, only five cents, 
in elegant and commodious cars. 

This spring water was analyzed by R. L. Allen, 
M.D., and he says, in his report, "That the water 
of the Eureka White Sulphur Spring is purely 
white sulphur, and contains no other ingredients. 
It is equal to the best, and superior to most in 
the State." 




Remedial Institute 



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CHAPTER X. 



WALKS. 

Saratoga Springs has quite a number of pleas, 
ant and entertaining walks, and the visitor can, 
if so disj^osed, find ample opportunities for exer- 
cise; the iirst, of course, is : — 

Broadway. — The entire length of this fine 
street is more than three miles in a direct line, 
and even in the moi'e thronged portions the crowd 
is lost amidst the verdure of the double line of 
beautiful trees which traverses the whole x>romen- 
ade; or the varied hues of the gay attire, con- 
trasted with and seen, here and there, amidst the 
green foliage, produces still a feeling of rural 
rather than of meti'opolitan life. Much of the 
street, also, is at all times quiet and country-look- 
ing, for the hotel and business quarters occupy 
only a comparatively small part. This quarter, 
as far as it extends, is gay enough, with the showy 
shoi^s of the migratory modistes, and the other 
appendages of a fashionable watering place, su- 
peradded to the local business of the village. To 
all this, is to be added the throngs which lounge 
on the broad piazzas of the hotels, or which are 
coming and going to and from the many springs. 
Broadway is one entire street, yet you will be re_ 



TO SARATOGA. 187 

minded in various ways that there is a Broadway, 
a North Broadway, and a South Broadway. 
Broadway proper is that part of the street lying 
between Division street on the north and Congress 
street on the south. From Division street a 
pleasant walk is along North Broadway to 

WooDLAWX Pamk.— This park is the pi'ivate 
property of Judge Hilton, but through his liber- 
ality these beautiful grounds, comprising some 8()() 
acres, are thrown open to visitors and residents of 
Saratoga. It is laid out in walks and drives, 
seven or eight miles in extent, and the paths 
winding over the lawn and through the sliaded 
groves of forest trees, offer inviting retreats of 
entrancing beauty that should entice all lovers of 
nature. 

Another is to take South Broadway. Just 
beyond the Everett House Ballston avenue tiinis 
off diagonally to the right. From this point we can 
turn either way and wander through quiet streets 
lined with beautiful and costly houses, each half- 
buried in its shrubbery and gardens; or forward 
on South Broadway to 

The Cemetery. — A village cemetery is always 
an object of as much interest to the stranger as to 
the resident, though from different feelings and 
different j)oints of view. The one resorts to its 
quiet haunts to read over again tlie changeful 
chapters in his own past life, and to recall memories 



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of absent mates and friends; while the other finds 
there curious hints and histories of the people 
among whom his interests and sympathies are, for 
the moment, cast. 

Circular Street. — Is the fashionable residen- 
tial street of Saratoga, and along which are some 
beautiful s[)ecimens of architecture; the houses 
are large and well built, and surrounded by hand- 
somely laid out grounds. 

Another walk, quite as pleasant, and may be 
productive of some amusement, is to take a walk 
to the various springs. 

Other walks may be taken at will, with no fear 
of losing the way, as the towers of the great 
hotels serve as guide-marks in every direction. 



CHAPTER XL 



DRIVES. 



The beautiful scenery of Saratoga affords the 
visitor many pleasant drives to the numerous 
points of interest in the vicinity. Among the 
most enjoyable of these is the drive to Saratoga 



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Lake. A trip to '' tlie Lake'' would be a pictorial 
necessity to all Saratoga visitors, even if it were 
not, as it is, the terminus of the principal and 
most convenient "drive" from the village, and 
only some five miles away. 

It is a lovely water in every aspect, not grand 
in its characteristics, to be sure, but replete with 
quiet and gentle beauty. It is, too, of very com- 
manding proporticms, having a liberal length of 
nine miles, and a breadth, in its widest division, 
of nearly five miles. Many and varied scenes of 
beauty occur within this broad range of water 
and shore. The boldest feature of the lake is the 
elevation to be seen on the right, and familiar to 
visitors as *' Snake Hill." It may be reached by 
the little steamer which plies between the Lake 
House and the Sulphur Spring. 

FOUR-AND-SIX-IN-HAND COACHES. — l!^0t the 

least of Saratoga's attractions is the ride on these 
coaches, starting from 375 Broadway at 10 a. m. 
and 3 p. m. each day. The six-in hand coach 
takes the road to Saratoga Lake, going down 
Broadway to Circular street, to Union avenue, 
thence dashing along that wide and well-kept 
thoroughfare, leaving the village behind us, 'we 
come to the Race-course, passing Yaddo, the 
beautiful seat of Mr. Spencer Trask, and we em- 
erge on the level, where a short spin brings us to 
Moon's Lake House. 



TO SARATOGA. 191 

Moo]S''s Lake House, Saeatoga Lake. --This 
is one of the standard institutions of Saratoga, 
and no one who has not been there can be truly 
said to have seen Saratoga. Moon's Lake House 
is situated on a grassy bluff, about fifty feet above 
the lake, from which a beautiful view of its waters 
may be obtained. It has but few resident board- 
ers, the proprietor catering principally to the 
loads that flock there to enjoy his faultless din- 
ners, for among other things Moon is noted for 
his fish and game dinners, and his inimitable fried 
potatoes. 

Moon's Lake House is connected with Saratoga 
by Mr. Slorah's omnibuses and his six-in-hand 
coaches, but in addition to these, hundreds of con- 
veyances may be said daily to drive with their 
loads to the lake ; nor are the attractions wanting 
when you get there, for if sailing be your fort you 
can go on board two of the finest yachts in the 
Union, or have a sail boat by the hour, or a row 
boat, of which Mr. Moon has twenty-five ; there 
are bowling alleys and shooting galleries, splen- 
did bathing in the lake, or if fishing is your de- 
light Mr. Moon will jjrovide you with tackle, and 
when your fish are caught you may have them 
cooked in marvellous style and served either 
on the green sward or the piazza with fried pota- 
toes, that have become famous throughout the 
Union. During some parts of the season sculling 



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and racing matches take place on tlie lake. The 
steam yachts can be chartered by private parties 
at any time on two liours' notice, and moonlight 
trips on the lake, with bands of mnsic, is qnite a 
feature in Saratoga's rounds of pleasure. There 
are plenty of sheds for horses. A half-mile track 
or driving park, open to all, and in fact every- 
thing that will conduce to make a visit pleasant 
and enjoyable. 

The four-in-hand coach leaves 375 Broadway 
at the same hours every day for Woodlawn Park, 
the private residence of the Hon. Henry Hilton^ 
who has kindly allowed Mr. Slorali the privilege 
of driving through and affording visitors a view 
of one of the linest parks in this State. Two 
more invigorating drives than these it would be 
almost impossible to devise, and visitors should 
avail themselves of the privilege. For fares, &c., 
see daily papers. 

A beautiful drive is through Excelsior Park, 
the western entrance of wdiich is at the intersec- 
tion of East and York Avenues (near Lake iVve.), 
a little over half a mile east from the Town Hall. 
Here we hnd the commencement of a lovely shady 
walk, bridle path and carriage drive through fine 
old w^oods. 

Spouting Sprits'Gs. — There are regular stages 
to these springs situated about a mile and a half 
from the village, round trips, 25 cents; or you 



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can take a private carriage, or you can walk, the 
latter will probably do you the most good. The 
best time to go is the latter part of the after- 
noon, as the Champion Sping gives its regular 
performance at live o'clock every day except 
Sunday. Turning off Broadway and wending 
our way along Ballston avenue, we soon emerge 
upon the open fields; then we come to the new 
village that has sprung up about the strange 
group of sx)rings that has here been discovered. 
A number of rather startling signs point the way 
to the various springs. 

The Triton Spring is on the Geyser Lake. From 
the lake we pass on towards the Vichy Spring. 
The Geyser Si)outing Spring stands directly op- 
I)osite the lake, and a few rods from the road. 
Crossing the railroad embankment by a foot-path, 
we enter the romantic valley where stands the 
Champion Spouting Spring. 

Ballsto:n Spa is the county town of Saratoga 
county, and is seven miles south of Saratoga 
Springs. The drive is through Ballston avenue, 
past Geyser S})ring, following by the side of the 
railroad to Ballston village. It is a very pretty 
town of about four thousand inhabitants, with 
beautifully-shaded streets and several objects of 
interest to the tourist. 

Chapman's Hill. — Is about a mile beyond 
Moon's Lake House, and is one hundred and 



TO SARATOGA. 195 

eighty feet above the level of the lalve, and from 
which the visitor can gaze upon a panorama well 
worth seeing. 

Wagman's Hill.— About three miles beyond 
Chapman's Hill, in a general northeast course, 
lies the yet loftier elevation call Wagman's Hill. 
It offers a charming view in all directions, and 
presents a motive for a moderate excursion, either 
to commence or to close the day; or it may be put 
in as a postscript and taken pleasantly by moon- 
light. The return trip may be made by Stafford's 
Bridge. 

Lake Lovely. — Not a great distance from the 
village, and accessible by way of Union avenue. 

Waiung Hill. — From Waring Hill the specta- 
tor will look down ujDon the villages of Saratoga, 
r)aliston, Mechanicville, Schuylerville, Schenec- 
tady, and Waterford, with many other less im- 
portant hamlets and settlements. 

Styles' Hill. — Styles' Hill may be reached in 
a drive of a few miles from the springs. To the 
intelligent observer the country around will recall 
many a thrilling recoliecticm of historic story and 
ronuince; for it is, to those who know it, all hal- 
lowed ground. 

The Phospeot Hills of Gheexfikld. — These 
liills are about three and a half miles northwest 
of Sjii-atoga Springs. The view of the Green 
Mountains is very fine, and, to the south, the 
Helderberg Hills of Albany and the Catskills. 



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CHAPTER XII. 
EXCURSIONS. 

The average visitor to Saratoga does not care 
for the constant bustle of Broadway and the hotel 
piazzas, and often desires a change from the some- 
what monotonous, thougli exciting life of the 
springs. In the following pages we propose to 
give a list of beautiful sjDots to which excursions 
may be made from Saratoga, occupying generally 
one day, or at the most two. These excursions 
will bring the visitor into very romantic surround- 
ings, green fields, grand old mountains, wild dells, 
dancing waterfalls, fragrant woods, and the real 
beauty of hillside country life. 

Mount McGregor. — This delightful mountain 
resort is connected with Saratoga by the famous 
Saratoga, Mt. McGregor and Lake George Rail- 
road. Situated lOi miles north of Saratoga and 
elevated 1,000 feet above it, covered with forest, 
with two beautiful lakes stocked with fish, with 
magnificent views of the Green, White and Cat. 
skill Mountains, with delicious cool, bracing air, 
above fogs and dews, no more charming excursion 
to the Saratoga visitor can be imagined than to 
this quiet place. The attractions of the Adiron- 
dacks are thus brought within 40 minutes of 
America's most popular watering place. 



TO SARATOGA. 197 

A spacious hotel is in course of erection which 
will be finished in time for the season of 1884. 
One of the principal attractions on the mountain 
this season will be the Art Gallery. The building 
is now completed, and will contain a large collec- 
tion of choice paintings exclusively by American 
artists. 

The Adirondack Railroad. — Is very fruitful 
as an excursion route, scarcely a station on this 
road but what is worthy a stop-over to visit some 
delightful spot in the near vicinity. This line 
was commenced in 1865, and its entire length is 
60 miles. Beginning at Saratoga Springs, where 
it makes a connection with the D. & H. C. Co., it 
runs in a northerly direction to North Creek, a 
distance of 58 miles, where connection is made by 
stage for the whole hunting and fishing grounds 
of the Adirondack wilderness Tlie wide, far- 
reaching landscape beheld as the train climbs up 
away from the village of springs ; the fertile farm 
lands of Greenfield, through which we pass ; the 
lovely glimpses of the Hudson in southern Had- 
ley ; the picturesque crossing of the Sacondaga ; 
the mountain- walled valley, narrowing as we go 
still farther, at times creeping along close by the 
river-side, at others rising high above the foam- 
ing torrent, are beautiful pictures in the changing 
panorama, which combine to make this an ex- 
ceedingly delightful ride. 



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A stage connects at North Creek for Blue 
Mountain Lake, a distance by road of 30 miles. 

The trains of the Adirondack Company leave 
Saratoga on the arrival of the trains from south 
and north, from 10 to 10.30 a. m., and return in 
time to make connection with similar trains in the 
evening. 

Jessups' landing— is seventeen miles from Sara- 
toga, at the edge of the wild and mountainous 
Adirondack region. Objects of interest — the 70 
feet falls in the Hudson, with the half-mile rapids 
above. 

Hadley — is reached twenty- two miles from 
Saratoga. This is situated at tlie confluence of the 
Hudson and Sacondaga Rivers. In a space of six 
miles the last-named stream has a fall of one 
hundred and sixty-four feet. This is also the 
station for Luzerne. The beauty of the natural 
scenery, and the salubrious climate yearly attract 
great numbers of visitors. There is a charm in 
its seclusion and serenity that cannot fail to win 
the sincere api^robation of the tourist. 

RiVEESiDE. — Fifty miles from Saratoga, at this 
station, we leave the cars for Chester, Pottersville, 
Johnsburg, and Schroon Lake. A line of stages 
run to Pottersville, distant six miles, thence to 
the lake, one mile, where the small steamer 
"Effingham" will take passengers up Schroon 
Lake, to tlie Wells House, Mill Brook, and to 
Schroon Village, nine miles distant. 



TO SARATOGA. 199 

North Crekk is the present terminus of the 
road, fifty-eight miles from Saratoga. A hae 
bridge spans the river, and Bradley s line of 
stages start from here for ilinerva, the Adiron- 
dadi Iron Works, and L(>ng Lake. 

The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company run 
ordinary and special trains to suit the convem- 
ence of visitors to many pohits of interests, one 
of the most prominent is that of 

Lakk Gi.;oKciK.-Take the train to Whitehall. 
Ticonderoga, and BakUvin's; thence by steamer 
on Ltike George to Fort William Henry Hotel; 
thence by railroad to Glenn's Falls and lort Ed- 
ward: back to Saratoga same day. This is tiie 
most delightful excursion that can be completed 
in one day from Saratoga. Should the party feel 
inclined to make it two days, then take the morn- 
i„<,. train to Fort Edward, Glen s Falls; thence by 
raU through wild and mountainous scenery to 
Lake George. Besides, Lake George vmst be 
seen, even at a sacrifice of convenience, being as 
it is, the most charming place of its kind in 
■Vmerica, if indeed it is to be surpassed any where 
in the wide world. The distance from the springs 
to the lake is about thirty miles. ,^ „ 

To Round Lake, twelve nnles. Na Uona Camp 
meeting Grounds of the Methodist Church. Re- 
turn same day, at 3 or I'.M. 
The Boston, Hoosac Tannel and Western Rail- 



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way, having acquired the Saratoga Lake Railway, 
is very i^rolilic in excursions. The lirst iu order 
is one to 

Saratoga Lake. — One of the most delightful 
and enjoyable excursions from the springs, to the 
many beautiful resorts immediately suiroundiug 
the village, is to be made by the B. H. T. & W. 
Railway, to the lake, and thence by steamer 
to White Suljjhar Springs. Their handsome 
new^ depot and waiting rooms are located at the 
junction of Lake avenue and Ileniy street. The 
cars make close connection at the lake with the 
company's beautifuland substantial little steamer 
Lady of the Lake. But, before getting on board, 
we must not fail to mention the 

Fonda House. — This hotel is on the north edge 
of Saratoga Lake; it is also a station on the B. 11^ 
T. & W. Railway. From the house also starts 
the steamers belonging to the railway com- 
pany for their trips around the lake. This is 
a favorite place with excursionists, and special 
trains are often run during the season direct t(j 
the hotel. Since last season the hotel has changed 
hands and been thoroughly renovated, and is now 
ready for the reception of guests. The hotel is 
carried on, on restaurant principles, and not as a 
boarding house. A dancing pavilion is in course 
of erection which can be entered from the hotel 
piazza, and from which a beautiful view may be 



TO SARATOGA. 201 

obtained of the lake, &c. This house can also be 
reached by driving from Sara toga along Union 
avenue. Mr. C. Fonda is the jDroprietor. 

Saratoga Lake. — The best view of Lake Sara- 
toga is from the top of Caldwell's Hill on the 
eastern bank. There the scene which meets the 
eye is calm and beautiful. 

And now for the most enjoyable part of our 
trip— i. e. if any one portion can be said to be 
more enjoyable than another — we mean the sail 
around the lake on. the company's steamer, Lady 
of the Lake. Starting out from the landing, the 
first x^rominent object of interest that strikes the 
view of the delighted excursionist is Snake Hill, 
a high, cone-shaped promontory, famous, it is 
said, for enormous numbers of snakes, which 
make it their home, but as the comj)an3^ have en- 
gaged a special "St. Patrick" who has forbidden 
them to enter the company's ground, no one need 
be alarmed at their close proximity. A half 
hour's sail brings us to the White Sulphur 
Springs and hotel. 

Going or coming back will be seen on the east- 
ern bluff of the lake the 

Cedar Bluff Hotel. — Tliis house is on an ele- 
vated bluff on the eastern side of Saratoga Lake. 
It is the property of the B. H. T. & W. Railway, 
who have a station on their line at the house. 
The distance is only six miles from Saratoga, and 



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the Railway Company run special trains duiing 
the season It is also a nice drive to Cedar Bluil" 
along Union Avenue, across the bridge at the 
north end of the kdve and along the lake side to 
Cedar BlulT, where ample accommodation is pro- 
vided lor both man and beast. The house, which 
has long been famed for its hsh and game dinneis- 
has been leased by Mr. W. D. Van Arnum, of the 
Griswold House, Troy, who is determined that 
the house, under his management, shall not only 
maintain, but increase its long established reputa- 
tion. The hotel will be open from June LOth lo 
October 15 th. Mr. Van Arnum Avill make a spe- 
cialty of lish and game dinners, at the same time 
all the resources of a well-managed restaiirnnt 
will be found, and guests can be accommodated 
in any number. The hotel has large and attract- 
ive gardens in wdiicli refreshments will be served, 
also wide piazzas on the west and south sides, 
and however hot the day may be, a nice cool 
breeze will be found on elevated "Cedar Bluff." 
There is a splendid view of the lake from this 
house, lisliing in profusion, boats, tackle and all 
necessaries provided for visitors. 

HoosAC Tunnel. — This tunnel was nearly 25 
years in making, over 30,000,000 bricks w^ere used 
in the arching, 2,000,()('0 tons of rock were exca- 
vated, the total length is 25, ('81 feet, it cost liter- 
ally a "mint o' money," and the sacrihce of 
nearly two hundred lives. 



rO SAKATOGA. 203 

Saratoga Battlk Grounds. — A visit to the 
scene of the great battle of Saratoga, which ended 
in the surrender of the British army under Gen- 
eral Burgoyne to the Americans under Gates, will 
occupy a pleasant, though a somewhat long day's 
excursion. Take train on B. H. T. & W. Rail- 
way to Stillwater and drive to Bemis Heights, 
dine at Schuylerville, and return same day or 
next. 

Tliere are many other excursions of shorter 
length, which we have described under the head 
of ''Drives." The longer ones are limitless in 
number ajad extent. Our object is to suggest 
those which naturally belong to Saratoga. 



CHAPTER Xni. 

AMUSEMENTS. 

The question of providing amusement for the 
vast number of visitors to Saratoga is in the ag- 
gregate something ai)palling, but individually it 
sinks into insignihcance, for the visitors are, as a 
class, willing to be pleased, and that is half the 
battle. For a little amusement on the quiet go in 
the morning to one of the principal springs ancj 



204 LEE'S GUIDE 

watch the faces of the drinkers and you will ad. 
mit it is a scene worthy the pencil of a "Ho- 
garth." Of course it is the proper thing for every 
one who goes to Saratoga to be ailing in some 
particular, hence as soon as he rises in the morn- 
ing liis tirst thought is of the springs. Not hav- 
ing consulted a doctor, he pours his comj)laint 
into the ear of some willing listener, and receives 
gratuitous advice in plenty. To hear these inno- 
cent mortals tell of their unruly st(muichs (as 
though any one cared for that portion of tliek 
anatomy), and their blissful enthusiasm concern- 
ing their miraculous cures, is one of the amuse- 
ments of Saratoga. In for a good time the visitor 
hies for the spring, and in a glorious frame of 
mind turns to see others drink. Their ways are 
various, some imbibe vast giassfuls with a heroic 
smile, as much as to say I told you I would do it, 
some wrap their handkerchief round the glass for 
fear of soiling their white gloves, and sij), sip, 
trying all the time to make believe they like it, 
which isn' t true, others simply drink, and drink, 
and drink, till the spectator is lost in wonder, 
love and praise, to think they do not explode like 
a defective soda-fountain. Some call it delicious ; 
others, horrid ; and some don' t drink at all. No 
place in the world will so bring out the likes and 
dislikes, weaknesses and small vanities of people, 
as a Saratoga spring early in the morning. To 




MUSIC PAVILION IN CONGRESS SPRING PARK, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



206 LEE'S GUIDE 

stand on one side and see the performance, serves 
as an exliilarant, and will make one good-natured 
for half a day. 

;m;usic. — After breakfast, at the Grand Union, 
United States, Congress Hall, Clarendon, Ken- 
sington and in Congress Park, the playing of 
some of the best orchestras in the country may be 
heard, after which you can go to the Saratoga 
Gallery of Fine Arts on South Broadway, opi^o- 
site the Windsor, Clarendon and Columbian 
hotels. To the many attractions that have been 
recently added to Saratoga none, it is hoped, will 
give the visitor more intellectual j^leasure than a 
visit to this elevating temple of art. A daintier 
piece of architectural work would be hard to lind, 
add to this its rich artistic contents, and it must 
of necessity prove the rendezvous par excellence 
of the beanty, fashion, wealth and intellect of the 
land. Among the clief-ceumes to be found on its 
walls are Henri Regnault's ^^Automedior with 
the Horses of Achilles;" Luc-Olivier Merson's 
" Flight into Egypt ;" Peale's " Court of Death ;" 
Lefebore's " Truth ;" Bertrand's '' Virginia ;" 
• Jourdan's "Leda and the Swan;" Fondouze's 
' ' Plage d' Ypor t ;' ' Cabanel' s ' ' Eve ;' ' Leu tze' s 
"Lafayette in Prison," and rare examj^les by 
Corat, Courbet, Daubigny, Yibert, Worms, Lan- 
delle, Rico, Maurice and Louis Leloir, De Beau- 
mont, Palmaroli, Perrault, Luminals, Clairin, 



TO SARATOGA. 207 

Alvarez, Rossi, Attilio, Simonetti, Jacquet, Pollet 
and a host of other ianious names. 

The building is from designs made by S. Gr. 
Slociim, Architect of Saratoga. 

Indian Camp and Pakk (5-7 H, I). — In the 
grove on top of the hill, and at the corner of Con- 
gress, Circular and Spring streets, is a collection 
of promiscuous amusements for the children and 
somewhat frisky adult i^opulation. Archery, 
hobby-horse, whirligigs, bowling alley, shooting 
gallery, croquet lawn, photograph galleries, ten- 
pins, ice cream, lemonade, &c., form some of the 
enticements of this fascinating play-ground. 

Indian Encampment. — This is somewhat dif- 
ferent and ought not to be confounded with the 
Indian Camp and Park. This encampment is a 
few steins from Broadway, on Ballston Avenue, 
and is passed by all visitors going to Geyser and 
Vichy Springs. Here are to be found the general 
accompaniments of a gipsy life, also archery, rille 
range, bowling alley, croquet ground, base ball, 
bazar of curiosities, and the Circular I^aihvay. 
This railway is a small piece of track built in a 
circle, and provided with small cars. 

Congress Pakk (85-3, 4, 5, 6, G, H, I).— Con- 
gress Park is located in the heart of the village, 
with its immediate neighborhood fronting the 
Grand Union, Congress Hall, Columbian, Claren- 
don and Windsor Hotels. The Columbian and 



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Congress Springs are within its gronnds. The 
park is laid out in a higlily artistic manner. It 
has a small lake in the centre, and its trees afford 
the visitor a pleasant and shady retreat. Boring's 
band gives concerts in this park three J;imes a 
day — diversified by occasional vocal concerts, bal- 
loon ascents, and twice a week a grand display of 
fireworks. 

Saratoga Museum. —The building lately occu- 
pied by the Seltzer Spring Co., is now utilized for 
the purpose of a museum by the Saratoga County 
Cabinet, in the lower rooms there is a tine zoologi- 
cal collection, and the upper rooms are devoted to 
rare S2>ecimens in geology, mineralogy and arch- 
aeology. 

The Saratoga Hop. — Music and dancing are 
of course very important items in the catalogue 
of Saratoga amusements, and the appointments 
at Saratoga S^nings, in this wise, are most ample 
and excellent. The guest dines and sups at ease 
and leisure, and when the diurnal hour arrives for 
the salutatory devotions of the evening, he or she 
steals a glance at the approving mirror, calls the 
conquering smile to the lips, points the expectant 
toe with required grace, and floats at once into 
the elysian maze. 

The " Hop," when it reaches the proportions 
and dignity of a ball, is an occasional and more 
elaborate mystery, and is held at one j)articulrr 



TO SARATOGA. 209 

''house," in behalf of the whole; the toilet be- 
comes a matter of life and death, and to the utter 
forgetf ulness of the price of gold. The order of 
the dancing and the programme of the orchestra 
are solemnly considered and formally announced ; 
and last, though not least, agreeable refreshments 
are i^rovided for the sustenance of the exhausted 
devotees. 

It is not, however, on occasions only, frequent 
as they may be, that Saratoga dances. On the 
contrary, it is forever dancing or drinking — the 
one exercise being the omega as the other is the 
alpha of its butterfly life. Each and every night 
bands oE skilled musicians discourse at the hotels^ 
and those who will may waltz and polk unceas- 
ingly. 

Tkavelling Amusements. -Sara toga is scarcely 
ever without some special attraction. Either an 
Opera diva, a comedy or dramatic company, a 
concert party, a circus, a menagerie, or some 
specialty, all of which pick up the dollars and 
depart, others taking their places, and so it goes 
on until the season wanes. 

This season is ju-omised a short season of Eng- 
lish Opera by Her Majesty's Opera Co. 

Gakden Pakties are now a feature in hotel 
life, and scarcely a week passes but there is one 
at some of the large hotels; these are nights of en- 
chantment, and would required an Alladin to 
picture them in all their oriental splendor. 



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Boat-Races, Base-Ball Matches, etc. — 
Rowing Regattas are held at Saratoga Lake, and 
embrace races between college crews and other 
amateurs as well as professional oarsmen. These 
usually begin in July, and occur at intervals dur- 
ing the season. 

Base-ball matches and foot-races are occasion- 
ally held between the various colleges and other 
organizations. 

The Saratoga Races. — The famous race- 
course, which lies about a mile out of town, and 
which was surveyed and laid out in 1863 by 
Charles H. Ballard, is the largest in the Union, 
not even excepting the great Fashion Course, on 
Long Island, and the more modern Jerome Park 
in New York. It is a favorite resort of the lead- 
ing "horsemen" of the land, and the best blooded 
steeds are brought hither every season for the dis- 
play of their prowess in wind and limb. This 
year the meeting will be an exceptionally good 
one, every horse of known repute having been 
entered; nor is it to be wondered at, for the amount 
of money offered by the association for the regu- 
lar racing days is from $80,000 to $100,000. There 
will be two meetings, the first commencing July 
21st, and ending August 9tli ; the second com- 
mencing August 11th, and ending August 
30th. The regular racing days are Tues- 
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays; but the 



TO SARATOGA. 211 

practice has been in former years, and will be 
carried out tliis, to have extra races on the off 
days, so that practically there .vill be races every 
week day from July 21st to August 30th. From 
the character and number of horses entered Mr. 
AYheatey anticipates that this season will eclipse 
everything in racing annals that ever took place 
in America. 

Sakatoga Club House. — This building is on 
East Congress street, and opposite Congress Park. 
It was formerly occupied by the late John Mor- 
rissey. It is a fine building, beautifully sur- 
rounded and elegantly furnished. Here gentle- 
men will find a menu equal to many of the best 
hotels, while there is all the freedom of a club, 
hoase. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

PARKS. 

CoT^GKEss Pakk.— This beautiful park com- 
prises almost the entire plot of ground enccmi- 
passed by Broadway, Congress and Ciicular 
streets. Originally a forest, possessing mnny 
natural attractions, it has been materially im 
proved by grading, drainino:, and the addition of 
many architectural adornments, until it now" pre- 



212 LEE'S GUIDE 

sents a most beautiful appearance, and is one of 
Saratoga's principal charms. During the year 
1876, the Congress and Empire Spring Company 
exi3ended nearly $100,000 on these improvements, 
and now it surpasses all other parks of equal size 
in the United States in the beauty of its graceful 
and artistic architecture. The grade of the low 
ground was raised from two to seven feet, and a 
new plan of drainage adopted, which involved in 
its system the elegant new reservoir and the 
charming miniature lake. The grand entrance is 
at the junction of Congress street and Broadway, 
near the Grand Union Hotel and Congress Hall, 
on what is now called Monument Square. On 
entering, turn to the right, and you may pass 
through a short Colonnade to the graceful spring- 
house over the Columbian Spring, or from the en- 
trance turn to the left through a longer colonnade, 
and you come to the interior of the artistic pavi- 
lion over Congress Spring. In this interior the 
Congress S]3ring water is passed by uniformed at- 
tendants, and you may partake of it while seated at 
a little table upon which the water is served. 
The process of drawing the water is novel, and 
you will be interested to observe it, while the 
mode of serving affords opportunity to drink at 
leisure and at ease, without the jostling and spill- 
ing incident to the old systems pursued at the 
other springs in town. Passing down a few steps 




DEER LODGE IN CONGRESS SPRING PARK, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, K. Y. 



214 LEE'S GUIDE 

and along the colonnade, yon reach the elegant 
cafe^ where hot coffee and other refreshme ] , m 
be partaken of while listening to the park music 
and enjoying the charming view of the lakes and 
grounds from the cafe pavilion. Passing from 
the cafe^ you may stroll at will, visiting the lakes 
and the shaded lawns, and listening to the de- 
lightful music of the very celebrated Park Band, 
which plays morning, afternoon and evening. In 
the evening the band occupies the very unique 
and artistic music pavilion in the centre of the 
lake. Strolling along to the south part of the 
grounds you may visit the deer shelter and park, 
where are several animals that roam and ski]3 
about within the enclosure, greatly to the delight 
of the children and the amusement of the adults. 
In the park, amid the flowers and shrubs, stroll- 
ing over the grass-coverd, shaded lawns, or loung- 
ing under the grand old forest trees, enchanted, 
by the charming music— here it is that one may 
enjoy the supreme delights of a genuine rural 
summer resort. Every convenience for park en- 
joyment is here afforded, including abundant set- 
tees, and shade, and the security of efficient police 
supervision. The grounds are thoroughly lighted 
at night by the Weston Electric Light, rendering 
them available as a place of evening resort. The 
scene in the evening, on the occasion of one of the 
grand concerts, is remarkably brilliant and charm- 
ingly fascinating. 



TO SARATOGA. * 215 

Admission to the park is regulated by tickets, 
for wliicli a nominal charge is made. Single ad- 
mission tickets, admitting to all except evening 
concerts, 10 cents each, or 25 tickets for $2, fifty 
for $3.50, one hundred for $6. No charge for 
cliildren under ten years of age accompanied by 
older persons. Admission to grand and sacred 
evening concert, 25 cents, unless advertised other- 
wise. Tickets may be obtained at the entrance to 
the park. 

Some may wonder that in a resort like Sara- 
togo there is no park open to the public witliout 
charge, but such is the fact. Congress Park, 
however, supplies for this trilling charge the de- 
sirable seclusion and security of a private park. 

Excelsior Parle. — Tliis park, on Spring Avenue, 
contains one hundred and eighty acres of land, 
extending from Lake Avenue to Loughberry 
Lake, and including the grove. A road leads 
north, around Excelsior Lake, to the Lougli. 
berry Water Works, where the great Holly En- 
gines continually pump the lake-water through 
the village. A few moments may be well spent 
here examining these splendid engines in motion. 

Geyser Park. — This park embraces a tract of 
about 100 acres surrounding the Geyser Sj^ring, 
and is open to visitors who are invited by numer- 
ous rastic chairs and settees, to enjoy the natural 
beauties of this charming vicinity. Leaving South 



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Broadway and going by Ballston Avenue we reach 
this park immediately after crossing the railway, 
from thence down to the siDring, leaving the 
spring-house by the rear door, we enter upon the 
ramble and follow the shady path down into the 
dell. From the rustic bridge is a pretty view of 
the waterfall near the si^ring-house, and in the 
vicinity are several springs of varied mineral pro- 
perties, more or less undeveloped, but indicating 
the great richness of this region in mineral 
waters. 

Interlaken Park. — Saratoga Lake, the late 
residence of Frank Leslie, Publisher, Mr. Truax 
proiDrietor. Open to the public, free. 

WoocUawn Parlt, belonging to Judge Henry 
Hilton, though private property, promises, 
through the owner's liberality, to be an Acadia, 
free to all visitors to Saratoga. It is located 
about a mile northwest of the village. About 
three hundred acres of wood, field and dell, which 
by the aid of hundreds of laborers and unlimited 
expenditure of money, has been turned into a 
magnificent park. 



TO SAEATOGA. 217 

CHAPTER XV. 
COMMERCIAL FEATURES. 

The all absorbing feature of business in Sara- 
toga is how to entertain its visitors, and very 
nearly the whole population is engaged in this 
business, either directly or indirectly, and be the 
season good, or only moderate, they are all bene- 
fited to a greater or less extent. True, the bot- 
tling and selling of its mineral waters is a com- 
mercial feature of no small limit. Some of the 
springs are very valuable, and their waters held 
in general esteem, hence their facilities for bot- 
tling and shipping are quite on an extensive scale, 
the amount of capital invested varying from a 
few hundreds to one million dollars. 

The hotel interest is something fabulous, the 
amount of caj)ital invested in this business can 
only be counted by millions, and in Saratoga are 
to be found some of the finest hotels on the face 
of the globe, their accommodations varying from 
10 to 2,000 persons. No one who has been in 
Saratoga during the months of July or August, 
and seen the trains unloading their Imndreds of 
visitors, and the hotel omnibuses continually rat- 
tling on the i^avement with ihei^ loads of human 
freight, but must have been impressed with the 



218 LEE'S GUIDE 

magnitude of the hotel business. The Boarding 
House business, both j)ublic and x)rivate, is quite 
a commercial feature, and a great many of the 
more respected citizens are engaged in it ; probably- 
all told the boarding houses can and do accom- 
modate as many guests as the hotels. 

The number of boarding houses probably 
reaches one hundred and fifty, and their accom- 
modation varies from the modest half dozen to 
the pretentious 200. Hence it will be seen that 
in the boarding house business there is a vast 
anion nt of capital invested. 

Saratoga, however, is not lacking in other busi- 
ness interests ; its J i very business is a large one ; 
its news rooms and book stores are equal to many 
city establishments. Photography is also a spe- 
cial feature, and amongst the best in this line 
may be mentioned Mr. W. H. Baker, of 448 
Broadway, and Messrs. Record & Epler, corner 
Broadway and Pliila streets, at either establish- 
ment first class work may be relied upon. Mr 
11. Youllieme, of 361 Broadway, is the leading 
man in choice confections and ice cream, also 
in rare and beautiful stones. 

Mr. Tracy A. Record, of No. 11 Congress Hall 
Block, will supply the visitor with everything in 
the Avay of fancy woods, delicate carvings, Sara- 
toga views, doll§, curiosities and notions gener- 
ally. Saratoga has many good stores, and x)rob- 



TO SARATOGA. 219 

ably very few towns of its size can boast of as 
much plate glass. The stores are mostly on 
Broadway, and are within the district bounded 
by Congress street and Lik'^ Avenue. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

CHURCHES. 

Saratoga Springs is well supplied with church 
accommodation. A stranger entering almost any 
of the churches during the fall, winter or spring, 
would be apt to arrive at the conclusion that the 
people of Saratoga were not a church-going class. 
But it must be chronicled that the churches are 
designed for the accommodation of both transient 
and permanent residents, and that the former, 
during the summer months, out-number the lat- 
ter, probably at any time by two to one. The 
churches taken generally are both commodious 
and elegant. The regular pastors are men of 
marked ability, but during the season the ^julpits 
are more often occupied by eminent divines from 
various parts of the Union, some having quite a 
national reputation. 



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CHAPTER XYIL 
NEWSPAPERS. 

Daily o.nd Weekly Saraioglan. — C. F. Paul, 
Publisher. Price, $6 a year. Office, 5 Arcade. 

Saratoga Dally Register. — Publislied during 
the summer season. Free. J. C. Cowdery, Pub- 
lisher. Office, Town Hall. 

Saratoga Journal^ Daily and Weekly . — Price, 
Daily, $6; Weekly, $1.50 a year. David F. Rit- 
chie, Editor. Office, Phila street, 

Saratoga Sentinel. — Published every Thursday. 
Price, $1.60 a year. Huling & Co., Publishers. 
435 Broadway. 

Saratoga Sun. — Published every Saturday. 
Price, $1 a year. E. P. Howe, Publisher. Office, 
Town Hall. 

Saratoga Eagle. — Published every Friday. 
Price, $1 a year. John Johnson & Co., 10 Lake 
avenue. 



TO SARATOGA. 221 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 

Saratoga is well prepared to accommodate lier 
guests in regard to x)ublic institutions and enter- 
prises. 

Town Hall (101-9-10 F).— This building is on 
Broadway, at tlie corner of Lake avenue, and is 
used mainly for the offices of the village authori- 
ties, and during the summer season by the Court 
of Appeals. The large room on the second floor 
is utilized for public meetings, conventions, con- 
certs and theatricals. 

Board of Education. — This Board has its 
offices in the Town Hall. 

Surrogate' s Court. — A Court is held in the 
Town Hall every alternate Monday. 

Post Office (90-7 F).— The post office is in the 
Arcade, on the east side of Broadway, between 
the Grand Union and the United States Hotels, 
on the opposite side. 

Railroad Depot (91-6, 7, D). — The railway 
depot of the D. & H. C. Co. is located one block 
west of Broadway, on Division street. 

Express Office (92-7 D). — The express office is 
annexed to the depot. 



222 LEE'S GUIDE 

Railroad BepoL,—'Y\\^ depot of tlie B. H. T- 
& W. Railway is on Lake avenue, corner of 
Henry street. 

Coale' s Fine Art Gallery is on Soutli Broad- 
way, between Congress Park and the Windsor 
HoteL 

Congress Par.c (85-8, 4, 5, C, G, H, I). — Con- 
gress Park is located in the heart of the village, 
with its immediate neighborhood fronting the 
Grand Union, Congress Hall, Columbian, Claren- 
don and Windsor Hotels. 

Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary. — This Insti- 
tution is beautifully situated in a grove in the 
eastern X3art of the village, on what was formerly 
called Temple Hill, hence the name. The grounds 
occupy the whole square on Spring street, between 
Circular and Regent streets. 

Child'' s Convalescent Home. — Lake avenue, be- 
tween Ile«:ent street and Nelson avenue. 

Saratoga Humane Society. — Room 20, Ains- 
worth Place. Organized 1879. Number of mem- 
bers, 125. Office hours, 12 to 1 and 5 to 6 p.m. 
Meetings held the last Wednesday of each month. 







THORWALSDEN'S VASE, 



224 LEE'S GUIDE 

CHAPTER XIX. 
BATTLE OF SARATOGA. 

This battle was fought and won upon the ele- 
vated lands at Bemis Heights, two and a half 
miles from the Hudson, in the town of Stillwater. 
The visitor may obtain all desired information 
respecting the precise localities of the struggle 
from residents and cicerones on the grounds. At 
the time of the eventful Battle of Saratoga the 
American troops were in high feather at their suc- 
cesses in the defeat of St. Leger and at Stark's 
brilliant performance at Bennington, which had 
occurred during the latter part of the preceding- 
month. The enemy's forces in the neighborhood 
were believed to be in a bad way generally, and 
all parties were ignorant of the British progress 
on the Hudson below and further south. Troops 
poured in from all quarters, and Greneral Gates 
was in good trim for the work that soon fell to 
him. 

As an illustration as to how chance seems to 
rule in war, there is recorded a story, which, with 
a different sequel, might have entirely altered the 
relative fortunes of Burgoyne and Gates at that 
time. Clinton, the English commander on the 
Hudson, had dispatched a messenger to Bur-' 



TO SARATOGA. 225 

goyne, announcing his success and promising him 
relief ; which message, had it but safely reached 
its destination, might have led to an avoidance of 
the fatal rencontre into which the English General 
was led at Saratoga. The message contained the 
brief words, ^' nous y voici^ and nothing betAveen 
us but Gates." It was enclosed in a silver bullet. 

The messenger fell in with a squad of American 
troops, whom he unluckily mistook for friends, 
as they chanced just then to be arrayed in red 
coats, recently captured from an English store- 
shi]3. He incautiously divulged his errand, when 
he discovered his sad mistake, and Burgoyne lost 
his message. 

The Americans were entrenched on a spur of 
hills approaching the Hudson. Earthworks were 
thrown across the meadow to the river. The 
heights were to the north and west. Breastworks 
were projected in a semi-circle nearly a mile to 
the north and redoubts established at intervals. 
September 19th Burgoyne' s army advanced. The 
left was commanded by Riedesel along the river. 
Frazer's division took the west and right, and 
Burgoyne led the centre, his object being a union 
with Frazer's division in the rear of the American 
camp. The Americans charged the enemy with 
great impetuosity. The battle was fiercely con. 
tested. The Americans often scattering before 
the British bayonets, and the British frequently 



226 LEE'S GUIDE 

fleeing from the Americans' deadly fire. At 
night the Americans retired into their camp. The 
British held the field with a barren victor}^ They 
were foiled in their main object, but convinced 
that those who fight for freedom and for country 
fight for victory or death. 

Calm after storm followed ; and the two armies, 
skilfully entrenched, lay face to face from Sept. 
2()th to Oct. Yth — the Americana exultant, the 
British dejected. The former restful in their con- 
scious strength ; the latter restless under impend- 
ing disaster. The Americans had recaptured 
Ticonderoga and the Lake George garrisons. No 
aid came to Burgoyne from the Lower Hudson. 
October 17th Burgoyne attacked the American 
left with select troops, led in person by Riedesel, 
Frazer and Phillips. The Americans rushed f uri. 
ously upon their adversaries, and so terrible was 
the onslaught that in less than twenty minates 
*'the flower of the army" was comjpletely routed. 
Burgoyne took command, and rushed into the 
thickest of the battle to rally his army ; but he 
could not check a hurricane. The Americans 
swept on, like a resistless storm, and drove their 
enemies from the field. One of "the fifteen de- 
cisive battles of history" had been fought and 
American Independence assured. 

Burgoyne' s army took refuge under the re- 
doubts during the 8th of October, and the day 



TO SARATOGA. 227 

was spent in skirmishing. At nine o'clock of 
that same night Burgoyne ordered a full retreat, 
and next day encamped his army on the heights 
above Schuylerville. He was followed by the 
Americans, surrounded and compelled to surren- 
der. On the 17th of October, 1777, the British 
army marched out of their camps under their own 
officers and laid down their arms. General Bur. 
goyne presenting his sword to General Gates, and 
as a plucky general should be he was received with 
all military honors. 

Bemis' Heights, the scene of this famous en- 
gagement between General Burgoyne and General 
Gates, is about 15 miles distant, in Stillwater, and 
is visited by large numbers of people. On the 
ground has been erected a monument to coni- 
memorate this great and closing battle for Ameri- 
can Independence. 




Interlaken Hotel, 

(Late private residence of Frank Leslie.) 

SARATOGA LAKE. 



J^ow open for the reception of Guests. 
Table and appointments first-class. 
Large Gardens, Conservatories, Lawn 
and Grounds, 

PI^HINS, B@;qTIN0, Bi^THINS. 

Thoroughly renovated and newly fur- 
nished. Terms reasonable, for which 
apply to 

H. S. TRUAX, 

Proprietor. 
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Arlington Hotel, 

MOST CENTRAL LOCATION IN SARATOGA. 

Broadway corner Division Street, 

Opposite TJ. S. Hotel. 

J^E WL Y FURmSHED THRO UGHO UT. 

Open the Year Round. 

I^- TERMS MODERATE. ..^I 

J. P. BEJVJVIJV, Frop. 

Empire Hotel, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Is situated on Front street, near the Empire, Star 
and High Rock Springs, the waters of which are free. 
Tiiis Hotel will accommodate 100 guests. The rooms 
are cool and pleasant; from the piazzas and rooms, fine 
views of Spring avenue and the town. We will cater for 
a class of people wlio are moral, cultured and refined at 
home and wish a quiet and cleanly place to spend their 
time. Large and extensive carriage house and stables for 
those who come wich their own horses. 

Our Prices are Moderate. Our tables will be as good 
as any. Call and examine before you locate. 

R. D. Mcdonald, Prop. 



SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

The second season of this heautiful and airy hotel, 
new and elegant in all its appointments, will com- 
mence June 18th. Its choice location, 200 feet east 
of and overlooking Congress Spring Park, ivithin 
easy distance of the main thoroughfare, but far 
enough removed to escape its hustle, convenient to 
the Springs, and facing the di'ive to Saratoga Lahe, 
render it attractive and especially suited to the ac- 
commodation of first-class families and transient 
guests- For terms and particulars apply to 

J. H. RODGERS, Owner and Prop , 

(Late of Coleman House, New York,) 

Waverly Hotel, 

(Near the Town Hall,) Saratoga Springs, J{. T. 

JAS. M. CASE, Proprietor, 

A family resort with home comforts. Central and convenient 
to all the Springs. Handsomely furnished and refitted. Plumbing, 
ventilation and baths perfect. 

Terms, $10 per vv^eek and upwards. 

Special Terms to Families. Transient Guests, $2 to $3 per day. 



Cedar Bhff Hotel, 

EAST SIDE OF SARATOGA LAKE. 



Fish and Game Dinners 
a specialty. 



Restaurant a la carte, Wines, Beer, Spirits, Cigars, Stabling for 
Horses. Large and Attractive Gardens. Splendid View of Saratoga 
Lake. Fishing Tackle provided, also small boats. 

All trains on B. H. T. & W. Ry. stop at the hotel. 

W. D, Van Arnum, Prop., 

(Late of Griswold House, Troy.) 

FONDA HOUSE. 

Saratoga Lake, 

Sctx*At08;A S(X^37lxi.8;s, INT. "IT, 

C. FONDA, Proprietor. 

Special trains run at a nominal rate from Saratoga to Fonda 
House, where passengers join the steamers for the trip round the 
lake. For all such, the Fonda House will provide all the accommo- 
dations of a first class restaurant. Sandwiches, Wines, Beer, Cigars, 
Mineral Waters. Tea, Coffee, &c., also a Dancing Pavilion, Spacious 
Grounds for Excursion or Pic-Nic Parties. For persons driving there 
js ample stable accommodation. For further particulars apply to 

WM. €. FONDA. 

IT 



BROUGHTON HOUSE, 

J. C. BROUGHTON, Proprietor. 

Cor. of William and Federal Sts. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 
OEKrm^-^L KCOUSE, 

CORNER CHURCH & MATILDA STS., 
SARATOCiA, X. Y. 

Having leased this house for a term of years, and thoroughly renovated and 
newly furnished the same, will open it as a First-Class House in every respect 
May ist, 1883. 

There will be a Sale and Boardmg Stable run in connection with the house 
under the charge of S. J. SMITH. ^ ^ OORUAM, I>rop. 

COLUMBIAN HOTEL, 

Located on Broadway, directly opposite the fan-ious Congress 

Spring and Park. Rates, S3 per day, and from $1S 

to $21 per week. 

HARRIS & PRICE, Proprietors. 

JOHN H. H ARRIS, WILLIAM V. PRICE . 

BRYANT & HINKLEY, Props. 
COENER OF CHURCH AND MATILDA STREETS, • 
Saratoga Springs, N. T. 

A First-Class House, open all the year. Terms $8 to $14 per week; $2 per day. 
t^^Good Stabling for Horses. 

EVERETT HOUSE, 

Large airy connecting rooms and baths. $2 to $3 per day. 

Special rates to families. Location unsurpassed. 
ON BROADWAY, Proprietor and Manager, 

r^EAR CONGRESS SPRING. P. M. SUAREZ, 



MRS. C. H. HOLDEN, Prop. 

423 Broadway, Saratog^a S|>riiig:s, X. Y. 

Third door North of U. S. Hotel. 

TERHS REASONABLE. 

D. C HOYT, Proprietor. 

CORNER CAROLIxXE AND HENRY STS., 

Saratoga Springs, 

OPJEJV ALL THE YEAR. GOOD STABLES. 

p. O. Box 9S. 

IR,VIISr(3- KCOTEL, 

SARATOGA SFUiyGS, N. T. 

OPEN ALL THE YEAR. LOCATED AT 

441 Broadway, T^^een' Division anJ Church Streets, 

New and newly furnished; all tirst-class. Terms moderate. The proprietors 
will endeavor to grive entire satisfaction. 

BURROWS & MOORE, Proprietors. 
Board, witli Room, from $2.00 to $2.50 per Day. 

Special Terms by the Week or Month. 

K:E:isr:M:oR.E: hlotel, 

BOAEDIJVG BY THE DAY OR WEEK. 
as Congress Street, SARATOGA SPBINGS. 

V/ines, Liquors and Cigars. 

ANCIL. D. WARD, Proprietor. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS. 
Situated on Congress Street, opp. Grand Union. 

Rooms To Let withi op without board. First-Class Bar 
and Billiard Hall. 

P. O. Box iioi. SECOY & VROOMAN, Proprietors. 



Cor. of Lake and Spring Avenues, 

Opp. Pavilion Spring Park, one block from Broadway, 

Open all the Year. C, H, NIMS^ Proprietor, 

p. O. Box No. I. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

THE SPENCER HOUSE, 

N. WATERBUBY. Proprietor. 

IS ON THE 

COR. OF DIVISIOJ^ AKB MATILDA STREETS, 

(Opposite United States Hotel). 
AND OPEN THE YEAR AROUND. 

TROY liOXTSE, 

E. SMITH, Proprietor. 

10 Spring Avenue , Saratoga Springs, N, Y, 

This old renowned house has been thoroughly remodeled and fitted up by 
the proprietor, to please the public, and patrons will find him a genial friend. 
Terms reasonable. Liquors of all descriptions. 

Oood Stabling ^ccommodcLtion. 

WESTERN HOTEL, 

COR. CHURCH AJ^D LAWREJ^CE STREETS, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

J. H. JtlCE, Proprietor. P. O. Box 978 

Bar, Stable, &c. Accommodation for ick> guests. Terms reasonable. 

WELLINGTON HOUSK, 

SO Congress Street, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS. 

SIMOJV RYAJ^, Proprietor. 

TERMS REASONABLE. OPEN ALL YEAR. 



ALBION HOUSE, 

Open the Year Round. 
m 72 FROXT STREET, NEAR BROADWAY AND THE SPRINGS. 

Convenient and Pleasant Location. 
Terms, $1.23 to $2 per day, or $7 to $10 per week. 

JOHN H. MESICK, Prop. (Late of Chatham Village, Columbia Co. 

Saratoga Springs, N .Y. P. O. Box 6i. 



13 A.'JO:EiJ& HOXJSES, 

J^'o. 109 CIRCULAR STREEZ 

(Near Dr. Strongs). 
Situated in the best part of the most beautiful Street in Saratoga, near the 
principal Springs and places of interest . First-class accommodations for sixty- 
guests. Very pleasant, large and cool rooms, with modern conveniences. 
TERMS REASONABLE. 

C. S. B.vri^S & SON, Proprietors. 

BERNARD HOUSE, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

On Franklin Street, one block south from Franklin Square, two blocks west 
from Broadway. Accommodations first-class; fates moderate. Hpuse well pa- 
tronized by good families from New York, New England and Philadelphia. 
Correspondence solicited. Open June nth to October ist 

S. E. BENEDICT, Proprietor. 

BROADWAY HALL, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

The broad piazza, ample lawn, croquet ground and shade trees, render it es- 
pecially attractive and home-like. The house has just been thoroughly re- 
paired and refurnished. The table will be supplied with all the delicacies of 
the season, and all its appointments will be first-class. A stable is connected 
with the house for the convenience of gentlemen desiring to bring their own 
liorses. Trusty porters in attendance upon the arrival of all trains. 

TV. J, JRIGK^S. 

BROADWAY HOUSE, 

No. 522 Broad\Aray, 
SARATOGA SPBTy^GS, T, T. 

Open the year round for the accommodation of boarders and guests. Terms 
reasonable. S. HINli:, Proprietor. 



CARPENTER HOUSE. 

MRS. I*R. CARPENTER, 

64 CIRCULAR STREET, 

Cor. of Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

FIRST-CLASS BOARDING. P. O. Box 414. 

CIRCULAR STREET HOUSE, 

J. PALMER, Proprietor. 

No. 93 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs, J^. Y. 

A first-class Boarding-House, with modern Improvements. Open from June Ist 
to October 1st. Near the large hotels, and Congress and Hathorn Springs. 

338 BROADWAY, 

Directly opposite Grand Union Hotel, SARATOGA SPEINQS, N. T. 

{Strictly ifirst-Clasis E*rivate I3oa,i>dia.g. 

MISS R. A. CRANMER, Proprietor. 
Established a quarter of a century. P. O. Bo.x 257. 

OOLXJiMIBI^lSr FLi^OE, 

Open tlie year round. 

Corner Broadway and Lake Avenue. 
Convenient and pleasant location. SAMUEL N. DAVIS, Prop. 

(Successor to C. R. BROWN,) 
Saratoga Springs, N, Y. P. O. Box 1244. 

48 Front Street, near Broadway, Sarato{>^a Sprin^^s, N. IT. 

EMORY POTTER, Proprietor. 

Open all the year. Central to Springs. No better location in Saratoga. Terms 
Juriag Summer season, $L.50 and $2.25 per day; balance of the year, reduced rates. 

Dr. Robinson who has had extensive and successful experience in chronic diseases 
Is connected with this House. 

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FOLEY HOUSE, 

226 SOUTH BROADWAY^ 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

K. M. FOLEY, Proprietor. 

L. L. BRINTNALL, Prop. 

CHURCH STREET, NEAR BROADWAY. 
Terms Reasonable. 

STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS BOARDIf HOUSE, 

At Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

FRANKLIN SQUARE HOUSE, 

70 FRANKLIN SQUARE, 

First door West of the United States Hotel. Season 1883. 

By MR. & MRS. W. S. BALCH. 

HAYDEN HOUSE, 

101i\Congt'€SS Street , 

Mrs. X. Hayden, Prop. 

Near the Springs and Principal Hotels. Terms Reasonable. 
P. O. Box 1325. 

H:ov;^L^isrD~H[ousE:, 

No. 573 Broadway, Saratoipa Springs. 

This house is located on the west side of Broadway, opposite the Waverley 
Hotel. Great additions and improvements have recently been added. Accom- 
modations can be furnished for sixty persons. The broad piazzas, comfortable 
rooms, and first-class service, combine to make it a most desirable stopping 
place. Address, 

P. 0. Box 400. J. HOIVLAI^D, 

diaratoga Springs, N. Y, 



•w„ 3i -j^gr %KF o €> x> ♦ 

-SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y 

Open May 2d 1883, under the same management, and is the most attractive 
house on South Broadway. The rooms are large and airy, and are furnished 
in modern style, with the best hair mattresses, and arranged in suits for family 
use. Its broad piazzas command a view of the entire street, adding greatly to 
the attractions of the house, and affording increased facilities for the agreeable 
entertainment of its guests. The entire house is heated and supplied with 
electric bells, annunciators, and all modern conveniences, and is first-class in 
every respect. S. Wl. VAN I>EUSK^, I»roi>rietress. 

M^I^OR HOUSE, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

Delightfully situated, on South Broadway, the coolest place in 

the village. Splenciid shade trees, and larcie grounds 

lor children. Table unexceptionable. 

CHAS. FORREST WOOD, Manager. 
Open the tenth of May. 

MA^RSTOlSr HOUSE, 

FIRST-CLASS BOARDING HOUSE, 

No. 29 Matilda Street, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

MRS. I. MAR3TON, Propr. 

Pleasantly located near the United States Hotel and Depot. 
Price from Seven to Twelve Dollars per Week. 
P. O. Box, 1138. 

HEW KNGI.ANB HOUSE^ 

135 Matilda Street, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

MRS. N. B. SHERWOOD, Proprietress. 

OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. TERMS MODERATE. 

P. O. Box 1056. 



Oi^K^WOOU HOUSE, 

Cor. Regent and White Streets, 



R. J. DUNNING, Proprietor, 
p. O. Box, 23. 



O B B M 0^9" S S: f 

I 177 and 179 South Broadway, 

SARATOGA SPRIXOS, N. Y. 

MRS. ALLEN ORR, Proprietor. Open June to November. 

TERMS REASONABLE. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Large Airy Rooms and Baths. Good Table. Special rates to families. 

W. Congress Street, 
JEROME PITNEY, Prop. 

THE PLEASANT HOME/ 

31 Federal Street, SAliATOGA SBBINGS, JV. Y. 

This house is pleasantly located opposite the Grand Union Grounds, one 
block from the depot, and within two minutes' walk of the Hathorn and Con- 
gress Springs. 

Transients taken during the Summer months. Terms moderate. 

L. P. SA WYER, Prop. 

REGENT STREET HOUSEr~ 

PRIVATE BOARDING, 

No. 209 REGENT ST.. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

SILAS BARRETT, Proprietor. P. 0. Box 899. 

Pleasant accommodations for Summer Boarders at reasonable rates. 

ROCK STREET HOUSE^ 

Cor. Rock and Catharine Sts., Saratoga Springs, JV. Y, 

Pleasantly located within a few minutes' walk of the Principal Springs. 

M22S. M. B, FKENCH, rroprietress, 

3?, O. Box 356. 

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Corner Fhila and Regent Streets^ 

One block East from Circular. Open all the year. 

SARATOGA SPJtINGS, N. T. 
Fine Location and Satisfactory Prices. S. E. "WING, Manager 

THE PLUSS HOUSE, 

By MKS. C. BURNS, 

dS Piitnam Street, formerly of Front Street, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. V. 

rieasant accommodations for Summer Boarders at Reasonable Rates. 

F*. O. Box 84G. 



RAPHAEL J. SAJ^DS, 

212 REGENT STREET, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, 

RATES MODERATE. P. 0. Box 794. 

SUMIVIER REST, 

Nos. 75 & 77 Spring Street, 
M. E. MORSE, Saratoga Springs. 

$2 and $2.50 per day; $10 to $15.00 per week. 
3 minutes walk to Hathorn and Congress Springs. P. O. Box 114. 

SU]S/IlSs^IT HOUSE, 

By MRS E. SCHMIDT, 

No. 17 MATILDA STREET, 

Saratoga Springes, ]^. Y, 



TERWILLIGER HOUSE, 

FIRST-CLASS BOARDLYG. 

MRS. S. TERWILLIGER, Proprietor, 

193 SOUTH BROADWAY, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. V. 

T K I M C O T T ^ a E, 

FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE, 
61 FtilLA. STR-EET. 

SARATOGA SPHI^GS, N. Y. 

In close proximity to Congress Spring and Park, and all the 
Principal Hotels. 

MRS. H. P. TRIM, Proprietor. 

WASHBURNE H0USE;~ 

WASHINGTON ST, near BROADWAY, 
Opposite Grand Union Park, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

CONVENIENT TO THi: SPRINGS AND HOTELS. 

All Modern Improvements. New Furniture. Fifth Season 

OPEN FEOM MAY TO NOVEMBEE. 

MAJOR A. S. WASHBURNE, Proprietor. 
P. O. Box, 711. 

PRIVATE BOARDIMG, 

MRS. J. MARR, Proprietor, 

63 Congress Street, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

Open all th e Year. Rates E easonable. p q Box 1278 

WHEELE'rHOUSE, 

Pi • I vaie Board in g , 
SARATOGA SINKINGS, N. Y. 

FIRST-CLASS TABLE. TERMS MODERATE. 

MR. H. R. BERRY, Proprietor. 



WHITE STREET MANSION, 

Cor. White & Cottage Streets, 

3IIiS, A.. M. MVNTINGTOS, Proprietor. 

Rates Reasonable. p. o. Box 1404. 

CHURCH STREET, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Boarding and Lodging close to Commercial Hotel, and adjoins depot. Open 
all year. Terms reasonable. Apply to 

]fl«S. C. K . WILCOX, Proprietor. 

FU RNISHED R OOMS. 

MISS LIZZIE ENGREM, 
Corner Caroline and, Putnam Streets. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

A furnished first floor containing Kitchen, Dining Room, Two Bedrooms, 
and Sitting Room, with all conveniences, to rent for the season on very mod- 
erate terms. 

INDIAN CAMP AND PARK 

Cor. of Congress, Circular and Spring Streets. 

Innocent Out-door Amusements, Bowling Alley, Shooting Gallery, Swings, 
Croquet Lawn, Photograph Galleries, Aunt Sally, Punch and Judy, &c., &c. 

A. F. MITCHELL, Proprietor. 

INDIAN ENCAMPMENT. 

Ballslon. .A^veniae, 

(One Block from Broadway). 

Circular Railway, Rifle Range, Archery, Bowling Alley, Croquet Lawn, 
Base Ball, Aunty Sally and other amusements. 

Indiaii Bazzap. 

JOHN LECLABE, Proprietor 



PRIVATE BOARDING. 

MRS. JAMES JACKSON, 

1 Waterbury Street, corner Clinton, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

OPEN ALL YEAR. TERMS REASONABLE. 

FRIVu^TE BO^R-nDIlSTa-, 

MllS. M. ^. iREEMAN, 

3 Friedlander's Block, ^A^ashington St., 

Saratoga Springs, JV. T. 

TERMS REASONABLE. 

MRS. E. H. WRIGHT, 

5 C:il$wortli Block, Henry St.. 

P. 0. Box 74V. SARATOGA SPRIJfGS. 

Mrs. M. a. GURNEY, 

Jforth Broadway arid Greenfield Ave., 
P. 0. Box 1235. SARATOGA SPRINGS- 

PRIVATE BOARDING, 

MRS. W. B. DONLON, 
Xa IF" X* o xi t JS t r o o t ^ 

SARATOOA SPRINGS, N. Y. 
Open All Year. Terius Keasouable. 



MRS. J. J. HEALEY, 

SARfVTOGA SPRINGS. 
J». O. JBooc l:3;27. TERMS REASONABLB. 

MRS. I. F. WEST, 

No. 24 Matilda St., SARATOGA SPRINGS. 

Rates Reasonable for September and October. 
I*. O. Box 398. 

PRIVATE BOARDING. 

MRS, M. ANDREWS, 

26 KEenry Street, 

SARATOGA Sl'RINGS, N. Y. 

Open All Year. Terms Reasonable. 

THE OLD ESTABLISHED 

JevsTish. Boarding House. 

Saratoga Sprhu/s, JV. Y. 

S. Ellis &D Son, 

No. S7 COA\^PGN ST., Cor. .A.sli St. 

MRS. M. A. JPE31BERTON'S 

Bo^PLDiisra- h:ouse. 

No 30 HENRY ST., Saratoga Spriizgs, JV. Y. 

J^^ This cool and airy house is located between Spring- and Phila streets, 
and is within easy access to the Hathorn and Hamilton Springs. Terms very 
moderate. 



MRS. ROBERT GILLIS, 
31 Caroline Street, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

Open all Year. Terms Reasonable 

P. O, Box, 572. 

MBS. OIVEJV COLLIJVS, 
Corner Putiiani and Phila Streets, 

ALSO 

RESTAURANT AND TABLE BOARD. 

P. O. Box, 458. 



MISS. E. A. EMSIGM, . 

ISTo. 4:0 F'ra.nkliii Street, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Open all Year. Terms Reasonable. 

PRIVATE BOARDING. 

MRS. H. T. WHITE, 

3sro. -iS laienry street, 
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Open all Year. Terms Reasonable. 

P. O. Box 1171. 



METZNER & GOLDSTEIN, 
Je-wisli Boarding House 

JVb. 48 Congress Street, 
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Opposite the Grand. Union Hotel, 
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mus. e. a, freeman, 

48 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

OPEN ALL YEAR. RATES REASONABLE. 

]P. O. Box 48. 

MRS. ELIZA SHEPHERD, 

48 Putnam Street, 

Terms $1.25 per day or $V to $8 per week. 

MRS. M. C. MOON, 

5i East street, SARATOGA SPRIJ^GS. 

Good rooms, first-class table, near leading- hotels and Springs, rates very 
moderate. 
P. O. Box 578. Open June to October. 

3inS. n. T. CARPENTER, 

55 Fhila Street, Cor. Henry. 
p. 0. Box 66Y. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



MBS. J. p. SCOVILUS 

FIRST-CLASS 

PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE, 

67 Phila, cor. Ueary Street, Savatogi Springs, N. Y 

p. O Box 241. 

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PRIVATE BOARDING. 

MRS. JULIA ROUSE, 

Q3 r'ront Stroot, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

OPEN ALL YEAR. TERMS REASONABLE, 

F. O. Box 75 7. 

MRS. M. WALSH, 

67 COJVGEESS STREET, 

RATES REASONABLE. P. 0. Box 298. 

i»iii"\r,ia^TE3 :oo.ia.Ti.i>iisrc3-, 

GEO. A. SOUTHALL, 

7c? Spring Street, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, H. Y.! 

.A^ddress P*. O. Lock Box 79 

7^ MATILDA STREET, 

MRS. H. A. WOOD, Proprietor. 
Very Central. Nice Location. Terms Reasonable. P. O. Box 934. 

PRIVATE BOARDING. 

MUS, B. SMIIH, 

83 IDivision Street, 

Saratog^a Spring:§, N. Y. 

RATES REASONABLE. P. O. Bo.x 11 



JVb. 87 Cor. Circular and Spring Sts., 

SARATOGA. 

P. 0. Box 348. MRS. S. B. THORIV. 

MRS. GEORGE W. CLAYTOI^, 

At Reasonable Rates. 

88 Front Street, SARATOGA SPRINGS 

p. O. Box 822. 

FRIV^TE BO^R^IDIISTO-. 

MRS. A. M. WARXER, 

91 DIVISIOJ^ STREET, Saratoga Springs, J^. Y. 

open all year. Terms reasonable. Newly furnished. P. O. Box 442. 

MRS. ELIZABETH SHONTS, 

91 Vandam Street, 
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. T. 

Open all year. Only 2 blocks from Broadway. Terms reasonable, 
P. O. Box 46. 

MRS. WM. H. WARING, 

101 V/ashington Street, 

p. O. Box 1 137. SARATOGA SPRINGS f H. T. 

TELEPHONE. 



MR. J. W. MARTIN, 

103 WEST COjYGRESS STREET, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 
Open June to October, Good table. Terms reasonable. P. O. Box 767. 

3IRS. W. B. DEUEL, 

FIRST-GLASS PRIVATE BOARDING, 

109 FliilsL Street, 

p. 0. Box 816. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

PEITATS EOAEDIUG-. 

MMS. J. A. THOMSON, 

111 FliilsL Street, 

p. 0. Box 1357. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

MISS FLORA E. RAWSON, 

120 "W. Congress Street, 

SARATOOA SPRIXOS, IV. Y, . 

Open May to October. First-class table. Terms reasonable. P. O. Box 307 

PRIVATE BOARDING ♦ 

R. CHURCHILL, 

Jfo. 121 Lake Avenue, Corner Harrison Street. 

Large and Beautiful Grounds, with Shade Trees. 



3?rivate Boarding, 

12^ Lal^e ^A^veiine. 

SARATOGA. SPRINOS. 

RATES MODERATE. P. 0. Box 1412 

No. 125 PHILA STREET. 

A -well established House in a fine location. 
Open the Year Round. Terms Reasonable. 

MISS DEAL A, PIERCE, rroprietor. 

MRS. a H. BALLARD, 

PRIVATE BOARDING 

13^ Oiroulgir Street, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

PBIVA TE BOARDING. 

IWRS. WM. A. BUBI^ETT, 

136 Spring Street, 

TERMS REASONABLE. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y 

PRIVATE BO^RD, 

By MBS. N. B. SHERMAN. 

CORKER OF ALGER ^ MATILDA STREETS, 

P. 0. Box 1212. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

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Mrs. C. H. LYKER, 

148 Recent St., near Kensington Hotel. 
BOARD AND ROOMS FOR FIFTEEN BOARDERS. 

Ceilings high and furniture new. 



MRS. PAULINE SMITH, 

Private Board, 
No. 149 Front Street. Saratoga Springs, 

Opposite Empire, near High Rock and Red Springs. 
P. O. Box 812. Terms, $7 and $8 per week. 



PRIVATE BOAHDIHG. 

149 Regent St., Saratoga Springs, JV. Y. 
MRS. S. H. SWART, PROPRIETOR. 

Terms very moderate. P. O. Box 704. 



MRS. C. S. SMITH, 
Private Boarding, 

163 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, JV. T. 

p. O. Box 255. 



PRIVATE BOARDING. 

168 Phila St.y Saratoga Springs, JV. Y. 

Large Fruit and Vegetable Garden. Terms reasonable. 

P. O. Box 646. xxiv 



MRS, J, a FITZGERALD, 

181 WASHINGTON STREET, 

SARATOOA SPRIXOS, X. Y. 

Terms Yen* Reasonable. . P. O. Box 961. 

3IRS. AliBERT 3IILI.ER, 

188 JJ^est Congress Street, 
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

TERMS REASONABLE. 

JIBS. ANDREW JEDMOXDS^ 

212 UNION AVENUE, Saratosra Springs. 

Corner Nelson Street. P. 0. Box 776. 

Mrs. H. del CORRAL, 
FPi-IV^TE BO^R,IDIISrC3-, 

219 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, Jf. T. 

F. O. Box oSS. 

MRS. L. B, FUTjYAM, 

SAR4TOG.\ SPRINGS, N. Y. 

Opp. Presb. Church. P. O. Box 53. 

PRIVATE BOARDING. 



PRIVATE BOARDING. 

W. J. CARROLL, 

SOO Broadway J Saratoga Springs, JV*. T. 

Also Bar, at 42 Caroline Street, where village carts may be hired, 
and a handsome furnished parlor floor. 



HAVE OPENED THEIR 

PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY IX FIRST XAT'L BAXK BUILDIXG, 

with an entire new and improved outfit, for the execution of all kinds 
of strictly tirst-class work in their line. 

THE ONLY GROUND FLOOR GALLERY in SARATOGA 
W. H. BAKEK, Proprietor, 

(Successor to Baker & Eecord) 448 BROADWAY, XEAli ToWX HALL. 

Remember that the old established gallery never has and never will be excelled 
in the quality of work. The fine tones are only brought oat by tried chemicals 
and e xperieiice in working with them. 

AVd have the best apjiaratus and a skilled operator, and with the new scenery con- 
staiitly being introduced, we can guarantee work second to no other gallery in the 
country. 

Orders for duplicates from old negatives should be sent direct to 

Remember— no stairs to climb. W. ii. BAIiKR,. 



11 Congress Hall Bhjck, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 

Dealer in Fine Fans, Real Olive Wood, Swiss Carv- 
ings, Vienna and French J^ovelties, 

Saratoga Views, Stereoscopes, and American and 
Scotch Wooden Ware. 

I. BR.A.lSri3, 
Cigars and Tobacco, W liolesale and Tvetail, 

3 GEAXD CENTRAL BLOCK, opposite entrance Congress Puik, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, X. Y. 

PIPES. CANES, &c. The best FIVE CENT CIGAR in town. 

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HOMEOPA THIC 

Medical Institute, 

N. W. COE. VAN DAM AND FKONT STS., 
Saratoga Springs, JV. Y. 

Resident Physician assisted by a corps of Physicians from New York 
The Institution will be visited by one of the professors once a week. 
Specialty, Ciiioiiic siiid Special Di$case§; 
als«> those ol' %Voiiieii and Cliildici). 

The Institntion is pleasantly located, not far from Broadway, and in 
close proximity to the High Kock and other springs. 

The Boarding Department will be a special feature, and guests will 
receive every attention. Terms very reasonable. 

j^ddi-ess Piesicient IPh.y&>iciaTi, 

Homeopathic Medical Institute, 

Saratoga Sprhu/s, K. Y, 

~ eureka; 

HOTand COLD SULPHUR BATHS 

Visitors to Saratoga will be glad to learn that in connection writh the other 
Mineral Springs, there is a White Sulphur Spring of great purity, highly im- 
pregnated with Sulphur. For bathing purposes and curative properties, un- 
surpassed by any Sulphur Spring in the United States, and is highly recom- 
mended by the most eminent physicians in the country. 

A large and commodius bathing house containing fifty bath rooms, and re- 
plete with every convenience for warm and cold Sulphur Baths, every care is 
taken to give satisfaction to visitors. Lady and Gentlemen attendants always 
on hand. 

Trains on B. H. T. & W- R. E. stop at Eureka Station. Fare, Ten 
cents round trip. 

Open from 6 A. M, to 6 i^ M. 



THE ^BERIDEElSr, 
194 SOUTH BROADWAY, Saratoga Spaings. 

Select. First-class in every particular. The table a specialty. Desirable 
connecting rooms for families. 

D. TILLOTSON GALE, Prop. 



ECLECTIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE- 
^EW E\GLA\I) IIOISE, . . - . 125 31aiilda Street. 

O. FORD, M. D., Prop, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

New England House is a pleasant home for invalids or pleasure seekers, con- 
venient to the springs, and a short distance from the depots of the different 
railroads. 

The boarding department of the house is under the supervision of Mrs. N. 
15. .Sherwood who is well calculated to attend to the wants of the boarders; kind 
and obliging, and will spare no pains to make guests comfortable and at home, 
l.oih Dr. Ford and Mrs. Sherwood would respectfully invite both invalids and 
ple;isure seekers to give them a call, and would say to the ministers of all de- 
nominations, that they would be happy to attend to their wants at reduced rates 

Under New Management. 
B, MAIjBMUNN^ 

OF NEW YORK. 

(Successor to Sherman Bros.) 



-^3tf 



i'/l"^!^ IAI/ll\lllf*'l" 



e^ 



ISTo. 12 Caroline Street. 

Hotels, Restaurants, Boarding Houses and Families supplied on the most 
reasonalile terms, Avith the best quality of Befef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal and all 
Standard meats. 

Also Poultry, Sweetbreads, Calves' Livers, Calves' Heads, Lamb Fries, Ox 
Tails, etc., constantly on hand. 

The market is supplied by experienced buyers and directly from New York 
city. 

Satisfaction Griiavanteed. 

Ty. 3VtA.IDBDFLTJia^3Sr, 

Orders received by telephone, No. 57. 



R-EICH^S HUNG-ARIAN WINEB . 

Henry W. Longfellow, in a letter to Mr. Reich, dated Cambridge, January 
29th, 1882, says: 

*' Surely neither Kins: nor Kaiser ever tasted better. It 
is a delicious wine, and has all the health-ffivingr proper- 
ties attributed to it by tlie medical Faculty. 
" I am. my dear Sir 

** Yours very truly. 



L. reich:, 

IMPORTER OF 

Hungarian Wines, 

STRICTLY FOR MEDICINAL USE, 

As certified to by the most distinguished professors and physicians of the 
country, and daily used and prescribed by them as restoratives in cases of 
nervous exhaustion, defective digestion, and impepfeet 
assimilation. 

These Wines are not for sale at any drug-store, nor by wine dealers, and 
can only be obtained at 

MR. REICH'S OFFICE, 

13 "West EJleventh. Street, near Broadway. 



Circulars and fac similes of certificates of the most prominent and leading 
members of the medical faculty, testifying- to the absolute purity and 
cjieat medicinal value of these wines, sent free on application. 



Beware of imposition, as unscrupulous dealers are buying up my empty 

bottles 

L. REICH, 13 West Eleventh St., near Broadway. 

[see over.] 



TANNER'S TRIUMPHANT FAST 

AND WHAT HEL PED HIS REC UPERATION. 

READ THE TESTIMONY. 

New York, August 16, 1880. 
My Dear Mr. Reich : 

Something lies on my conscience, and I must unburden. 

The public is giving me more credit than is my due, and such of it 
as belongs to your "Tokayer Ausbrueh " I prefer to hand over to your 
keepitig, with thanks. 

I never had the faintest doubt of my ability to undergo the fast, but 
I did expect no small degree of unpleasantness on the part of ray 
slighted stomach on a reimposition of the duties to which nature had 
assigned it. 

I had resolved to take no stimulant, for, being a temperance man as 
well as the most practical of total abstainers, I had girded myself with 
the conviction that the task could be accomplished without any such 
adjuvant. Dr. Gunn, however, earnestly advocated the use of your 
wonderful wine. 1 determined to test his assurance, and the result is 
such as to justify my saying almost anything good of that great assim- 
ilator and vitalizer of gastric functions— your " Tokayer Ausbrueh." 

I must say that its effect was surprising. The anticipated mutinies 
were averted, the almost immediate accommodation of the digestive 
organs to their long suspended duties were noted, and the res-toration 
to a normal condition (which I expected would ensue only after a con- 
siderable taxation of time and patience) was rendered immediate by 
the assimilating qualities of your wine. I am sure its excellence is 
attested by the comparative gain for the four days succeeding my two 
fasts — from two to three pounds being the rate per diem after the 
Minneapolis event, and six pounds the percentage for like time since 
the recent ordeal, which difference I attribute wholly to the use of 
your wine. 

For its remarkable potency as a digester, its utter freedom from in- 
toxicating effects, its efficiency in aiding the retention of food, its 
wonderful vitalizing properties and cosnequent therapeutic value, and 
its surprising agency in rallying the red globules of the blood, I pro- 
nounce it the grandest of auxilliaries in the recuperation of exhausted 
nature ; and whatever I can say to enlarge the area of its usefulness 
will be said with a confidence of benefitting humanity. 
Very truly yours, 

H. S. TANNER, M. D. 



L. REICH, 13 West EleYentt St, near Broaflway. 

[see over.] 



Horace Waters & Go's 

CELEBRATED ''J^E^ SCALE' 




Grrand, 

SQ-aeire, 

XJpriglit, 
gind ''BsLby" Grrsmd. 



AW© 



Unsurpassed in Tone, Finish, Workmanship and Durability. 

Strictly First-Class Pianos at Reasonable Prices. 



Every riauo Warranted Six Years, to jrive entire satisfaction. In- 
struments sold on lustallnu'nts, -^10 niontlily, and shipped to any part 
of the country. Illustrated Catalogue mailed free. Agents wanted. 
Correspondence solicited. 



HOBACE WATERS & CO., 

"Warerooms 124 Fifth Avenue, 
Factory, Corner Broome and East Streets, NEW YORK. 



Horace Waters & Co.'s 



World -renowned Or- 
chestral Grand Organs 
with chime of 30 bells. 



Dulcet, New "Favorite'' 
Harmonic, Chorale. 
Chapel and Home. 

ORGANS 

are the best known and most 
popular Reed Organs manu- 
factured in this country. 

Beautiful Cases, 



Sweet & Powerful Tone. 
PRICES, $50, $60. $75, $85, $100, Upwards 

Every Organ Warranted Six Years to give entire satisfaction Prices 
as low^ as first-class materials and workmanship will admit of. 

Organs sold on Installments, $5 monthly, and shipped to any part of 
the country. Illustrated catalogue mailed free. Correspondence solicit- 
ed. Agents wanted. 




HORACE AVATERS & CO., 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS. 



Warerooms Mo. 124 Fifth Avenue, 

Factory, Comer Broome and East Streets, NEW YORK. 



Leve & Altien's American Tours. 

An unlimited variety of single and excursion tickets for individual 
travelers at greatly reduced rates to: 

Saratoga, Lake George, 

Cat skill Mountains, Seneca Lake, 

White Mountains, Watkins Glen, 

Green Mountains, JViagara Falls, 

Rangeleij Lakes, Crreat Lakes, 

Mount Desert Tliousand Islands, 

Halifa.v, St. ejolins, J^. F., Rapids of St. Laivrence 

Maratime Provinces, ij^c, Montreal, Quebec, ^'C. ^'•c. 
Far Famed Saguenay, ^^c, ^c. 

Also all pleasure resorts in the West 

Yellowstone National Park, 
Colorado Springs, 

San Francisco, &c., &c. 



Messrs. Leve & Alden also act as General Agents of the 
Allen Line Royal Mail Steamships. 

SHORTEST OCEAX VOV.\GE. 

Only 5 (1ay« I'roin land to land. 

Send postage for 

American Tourist G-azette, 

giving rates and detailed information. 

LEVE & ALDEN, 

Chief Office, 207 Broadway, N. Y. 
Uptown Office, S Union Square, N. Y. 

BOSTON, CLEVELAND, 

296 Washington Street, 321 Enelid Avenue, 

PHILADELPHIA, CINCINNATTI, 

Cor. Broad and Chestniat Streets. 131 Vine Street. 

CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, 

114 A^ashingtonStreet. 114 North 4th Street, 



^c EIiEIgCpj)J^]V]V'g *^ 




Broadway and lOth. Street. 

VIENNA CAFE AND RESTAURANT 

OPfiN UNTIL MIDNIGHT 



Geo. H. Buckwell, 






liiitil 



^;, 






Grand, 



Semi-Grand 



AND 6 Octave. 



619 ^ixcf) avenu^^ 



NEW YOBK. 



Rotunda Furnace 

For Wanning^ Public 
and Private Biiildiiig^§. 

Tiie Best Heatiiig^ 
Apparatus in u§c. §end 
for Catalog:uiie. 

ALEX. M. LESLEY, 

Bet. 35th and 36th Streets. 




SuPEpf[SETsAi|TiFiciAL Teeth. 

S6.00 to SIO.OO. 

Extraction Free, including Gas, tvhere others 
are inserted. Unrivaled for appearance, and 
perfect fit guaranteed- 

Fillings in Gold, Platinum and White 
Fnamel, and all other operations for the 
preservation of the teeth, at equally low 
prices. 

351 Sixth Avenue. 



U N PARA LLE LE D 

SUCCESS 



OF THE 



CBLBBIIATBD 




'TERFECTION ITSELF." 

so SIMPLE a child can understand it. CALL AND EXAMINE IT 

12 East 14th Street, New York. 



Atknticliitiial 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 
51 Wall Street. 

Mji^ifiE AND IitLjitiD, Insurance. 

JOIIJY D, JOJYES, Pres. 

CHARLES DEJYjYIS, F. Eres. 

W. H. H. MOORE, 2lI Y. Pres. 
A A, RAVEJV, Set F. Pres. 
J. m CHAPMAJf, Secretary. 



HiaHEST AWARD AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 
BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c. 



FRANCIS & LOUTREL, 

45 Maiden Lane, N. Y-, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 

JPatent Spring Back Account Books, 

PATENT SAFETY CHECK.— This Check cannot be altered without instant 
detection. 

PATENT COPY ABLE PRINTING IWK will copy in an ordinary copying press 
equal to any of the writine inks. 

All kinds of first-claes Stationery, "Writing Papers, Desks, Portfolios, Scrap Books, 
Expense Books, Diaries, Ladies', Gents' and Family Wash Books, Pocket Cntlerv, 
Cards, Chessmen, Walletts, &c. Use Francis' Improved Manifold Letter Writer, 
by which Letters and Copies are written at the same time. Copying' and Seal Presses. 

Wf kHe>|( (^vervthing in our line and sell at lowest prices 

TO PRINTERS.— Use our Patent Composition for Inking rollers— does not 
harden, shrink or crack, and retains its suction for vears. 

FRANCIS & LOUTREL, 
Oyrus II. Loutrel. 45 Maiden Lane, New York, 

YOUR CUSTOM SOLICITED. 



The tfew Belyedere Hotel. 

Corner of Eighteenth Street and Fourth Avenue. — Erected at an out- 
lay of more than three hundred thousand dollars. Built in the Italian 
style of architecture. The rooms on the first floor are elegantly in- 
laid vrith Spanish mosaics. The entire building, magnificently fur- 
nished throughout and fitted with the most approved modern appli- 
ances, particular attention having been paid to the sanitary arrange- 
ments with the object of preventing the diffusal through the rooms of 
obnoxious odors or gases, a defect frequently found in many of the 
large hotels. Special attention has been paid to making the building 
fire proof, a fact of itself sufficient to make the house popular with its 
guests. Mr. Wehrle, the genial proprietor, has given his personal at- 
tention to every detail, and can now present his patrons with the best 
accommodations to be found in the city. The Belvedere has always had 
a high reputation for the excellence of its cuisine, the culinary de- 
partment being under the management of a noted and skillful chef. 
The hotel is run on the European plan. Contains one hundred and 
thirty rooms. Rates moderate. 



t. ©emis H@tel, 




Corner of Broadway and lltli Street. On the European plan. In 
In connection with the well-known Taylor's Saloon. 

The most centrally located hotel in the city. Especially convenient for ladies 
requiring lunch, f^^ Prices in accordance with the times. 

WJM. T^VYLOR, Proprietor. 



WASHINGTON'S F/pELL INTERVIEW 

^VITH HIS OFFICERS 



TOOK PLACE AT 



Jacob Etzel's Hotel, 

{Formerly France's Tavern,) 

At the cor. of Pearl and Broad Sts, 

The reader can spend a no more interesting and pleasant hour than 
in a visit to this ancient and historical resort, where the genial pro- 
prietor will take pleasure in conducting his visitors through the 
historical structure, and cxhi))it numerous relics interesting to the 
gatherer of historical news. General Washington's apartment is 
now used by Mr. Etzel as a dining room, where is served a substantial 

Dinner at a very Moderate Price, 
and Refreslvments of All Kinds, 



rrTbJs.T:>T^ Tvc^r*/^. 




H. VOULLIEME, 

Mannfacturer of RicTi &. Choice Confections 

ICE CREAM, SODA WATER AND FRUIT ICES. 

CONGRESS PARK CARAMELS A SPECIALTY. 
GENERAL DEPOT FOR YOULLIEME'8 CONGRESS PARK CARAMELS, 

Also importer of Precious Stones and Jewelry, Onyx Cameo Amethyst, 
Blood Stone, Smoked Topaz, Calcedony, Amber, Lapis Lazuli, Agate, Cor- 
nelian, Malachite, etc. Splendid Specimens in the rougn state 

JVo, 361 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, JV'. Y. 

UNDER ADELPHI HOTEL. 
Also at CONGRESS SPRING PARK. 

^-Goods shipped to any part of the United States and Canada- .J^ 



The Leading Watering-Place Journal of the Country, 

Has been Puhlislied at Saratoga Springs for li early a Quarter 

of a Century, and is well known to the thousands 

of frequenters of this great 

summer resort. 

It i.s f^eivod every morning to guests at all the hotels and boarding- 
houses in the place. 

It contains each day a full report of all the hotel arrivals, together 
with the current social news, personal gossip, reports of balls, hops, 
dinners, excursions to the lake. &c. 

The Saratogian is on file during the summer season at most of the 
principal watering-places throughout the country, and is also sent 
regularly during the season to large numbers of distinguished people 
in all parts of the country, making it the choicest advertising medium 
In the country. 

Specimen Copies Sent on Application, 



BATES OF ADVERTISING. 

Hall a u inch space, one month $ 6 00 

" ** two months 9 00 

** " three months 12 GO 

One inch, one mouth 9 00 

" two months 15 00 

" three months 18 00 

3;:^"Fifty per cent, extra for every additional inch or half inch. 
Twelve lines space make one inch. 

C. F. PAUL, Proprietor. 
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THE 



A MORNING PAPER, 

Containing all the Daily Arrivals, full reports 

of Social Events, TelegrapJiic Reports, 
Stock Markets, and all matters of general interest 



THE WIDEST-CIRCULATED WATERING-PLACE 
JOURNAL IN THE COUNTRY. 



TERMS: 

For the months of July and August - - - . - $1 50 
SENT TO ANY ADDRESS. 



IJAVID F. EITOHIE, Publislier and Proprietor, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



WEEKLY JOURNAL," $1-50 per Yean 

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DEMONSTRATION PROVES 




aratoga: ^agle 



TO BE IRREFRAGABLY 

The Best Advertising Medium 

IN SARATOGA SPRINGS. 

The followng conversation between an Eagle canvasser and a Saratoga stationer 
is eelf-explanaiory: 

Canvasser— I would like to have you give me an order for an advertisement in 
InE Saratoga Eagle. 

Stationer— The Eagle is a bright paper, but it wouldn't pay me to advertise in 
it. It would be money thrown away, as it wouldn't help my trade any. People, 
wouldn't come here any quicker for their paper and envelopes if I advertised in tlie 
Eagle. You know it as well as I do. No doubt it would help some lines of trade, 
but it wouldn't make any difference with mine. 

As the proof of the pudding is the ♦•ating, we determined to make a crucial test 
BO as to decisively demonstrate whether or not the Eagle was valuable as an adver- 
tising medium. We accordingly bougtit large quantities of writing pajjer and euvel- 
opep, and advertised them for sale EXCLUSIVELY through the columns of the 
Eagle. The advertisement elicited thousands of cash responses, and as a direct 
(•onse(iuence we are now selling more paper and envelopes than all of the stationery 
Ktores in Saratoga combined. Probably a mnjority of the families and boanling- 
house keepers of Saratoga Sjnings buy their stationery at the Eagle office, and we 
supply very many persons, families and business men living in the couutry towns 
and villages, while hosts of guests, learning of our inducements, buy a libaal quan- 
tity of stationery to take to their homes. 

Certainly we could not have aoomplished ail this if good bargains were not 
offered: but who would have known of our bargains if we had not advertised them ? 
Tt may not pay people with no inducements to present to advertise, although in our 
judgment it does; and it certainly does not pay people to j.atronize business men 
who do not advertise— a fact thousands have found out, many by actual experiment. 

Compact in size and make-up, with attractive reading matter on every page, every 
advertisement in the Eagle is read, and stands forth prominently, which is not the 
case with blanket sheets where column upon column of advertisements are massed 
toffother in a muddle. Our rates are always reasonable. 

The Eagle has a large local circulation to year]y subscribers. It goes into the 
hotels, boarding houses, stores, offices and private residence, and is sold at the news- 
stores, and in the summer by newsboys, who frequent the hotels, springs and depot. 

Finally, if you are in business, and want to make an investment paying 100 per 
cent., advertise in The Saratoga Eagle. 

JOHN JOHNSON & CO., Publishbbs. 

OFFICE : 

ISTo. lO Lsuke -A. venue. 

Opposite Town Hall, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. T. 

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o:nly democratic paper 

IN SARATOGA- SPRINGS. 



Kotices Prominent Arrivals^ and mahes 
a specialty of Social Events during 
Summer. Being puUished Weeldy, 
more care can he taken in pre- 
paring full reports of 
Society Doings. 



TERMS: 

For the Year |1 25 

For Jnly and August only ^^ 

Sent to any address, postage prepaid. 

E. P. HOWE, 

Publisher and Proprietor. 



THE 

mW®&7i 3BNTINBLJ 

(Established in 1819.) 

Published every Thursday by 

iiMii & m.» 
Book and Jot Printers 

ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THE 

DIRCf ORY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS and BALLSTON SPA. 

Orders for Advertising Solicited- 

Office, No. 435 BROADWAY, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Jf. Y. 




CODNTY DipCTO^T 

FOB 1883. 

Price $3. 50. To be Published in September* 

Containing the names of all the Farmers in the County 

and the Town of Queensbary, with their Post 

Office Address and number of acres of land. 

Also Directories of Saratoga Springs, B.Jlston, Glens 
Falls, Fort Edward, Mechanicville, Sandy Hill, Schuy- 
lerville, Victory and Waterford. 

K IRWIN & WILLIAMS, Publishers. 

Office, 127 Matilda Street, 
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 

WM. H. KIRWIN", J. E. WILLIAMS. 

SARA.TOGA SPRINGS. BINGHAMTON. 

P. O. Box 13i3. 



$30,000 FOR $2. 

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POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING 

COMMONWEALTH 

DISTRIBUTION CO. 

In the city of Louisville ou 

TUESDAY, JULY 31st, 1883. 

These Drawings occur on the last day of each month (Sundays ex- 
cepted). Kepeated adjudication by Federal and State Courts have 
placed this Company beyond the controversy of the law. To this 
Conipany belongs the sole honor of having inaugurated the only plan 
by which their drawings are proven honest and fair beyond question. 

N. B. The Company have now on hand a large capital and reserve 
fund. Read carefully the list of prizes for the 

MAY DRAWING. 



1 Prize $30,000 

1 Prize 10,000 

1 Prize 5,000 

10 Prizes, $1,000 

each 10,000 

20 Prizes, $500 

each 10,000 



100 Prizes, $100 

each $10,000 

200 Prizes, $50 

each 10,000 

600 Prizes, $20 

each 12,000 

1,000 Prizes, $10 

each 10,000 

9 Prizes, $300 each. Approximation Prizes $2,700 

9 Prizes, 200 each. " " 1,800 

9 Prizes, 100 each. '* " yO(j 



1,960 Prizes $112,400 

Whole Tickets, $2, Half Tickets, $1. 

27 Tickets, 5^50. 55 Tickets, $100. 

Remit Money or Bank Draft in Letter, or send bv Express. DON'T 
SEND BY REGISTERED LETTER OR POST" OFFICE ORDER. 
Orders of $5. and upward, by Express can be sent at our expense. 
Address all orders to R. M. BOARl>IfIAX, Courier-Jouruai 
Building, Louisville, Ky. 



Saratoga Baggage Express 

D. & H. C. CO.'S TICKET OFFICE. 

379 Broadway, Saratoga. 

Also at depots of D. & H. C. Co., & B. H. T. &. W. Railways. 

Tickets sold to nil Piieie ]>:il Points in United 
States, Canadn and t;cii'0|»e. 

Baggage called for and Checked at Residenxes through to 
Destlnation. Contract with all Hotels. 

Messengers on all D. & H. C. Co.'s & B. H. T. &. W. trains. 

II. C WILSON, G. I. HUMPHREY, 

Proprietors. 



MOUNT McGregor, 

(1200 feet above the sea.) 
Time Table of the 

Saratop, Mt. McGregor & Lake George R.R. Co. 

LEAVE SARATOGA-9.30 and 11 30 a. m., 2.30, 4.30 and 6.30 
p. m. Sunday train?, 8.50 a. m. and 1 p. m. 

LEAVE MT. McGREGOK— 10.30 a. m., 12.30,3.30, 5.30 and 7.20 
p. m. Sunday trains, 9.40 a. m. and 6.30 p. m. 

ROUND TRIP TICKETS ONE DOLLAR 

D. H. FONDA, General 3Ianager, 



Moon's Lake House. 

The Steamers LUNA and NELLIE C. PRICE and TALLY-HO 
COACH can be chartered at any time by giving two-hours' notice to 
J. C. SLORAH, Proprietor of Tally-Ho and Omnibus Line, office 
375 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 

N. B. — These two elegant Steam Yachts are new, and were built 
and fitted up with especial care for safety and comfort, and are pro- 
vided with temperate and experienced officers. 

For particulars and how to get to the Lake with ease and speed, 
apply to J. C. Slorah, Proprietor of the Tally-Ho and Omnibus 
Line, 3/5 Broadway, Saratoga, whose Tally-Ho and Stages always 
connect with the Boats. 

Refreslinieiits on Board, if desired. 

This is one of the most delightful trips to be found around Saratoga. 

Fish and Game Dinners a Specialty 
At MOON'S LAKE HOUSE. 

Tally-Ho Coaches 

AND 

OMNIBU'SESo 

Six in hand Coach leaves 375 Broadway every day at 10 a. m. and 
3 p. m. for 

Four in hand Coach leaves 375 Broadway everyday at 10 a. m. and 
3 p. m., for 

The Lake Coach makes connection with Steam Yachts going 
round the Lake and waits their return. Fares, including sail on 
Lake, &c., will be found in daily papers. Coaches can be chartered 
by private parties, also Omnibuses. Apply to 

J. o. si.or^h:, 

S75 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, Jf, Y. 

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SOUTH BROADVSAAY, 

Opp- Wimlsor, Clarendon and Cohnnhian Hotels, 

OPEN FROM JUNE 15th TO OCTOBER 1st. 

Now on exhibition Henri Regnault's 'Autonudon with the Horses of 
Achilles"; Peale's "Court of Death"; Merson's "Flight Into Egypt" 
Bertrand's "Virginia"; Jourdan's "Lcda and the Swan"; Toud )uze's 
"Plage d'Sport; Cabanel's "Eve"; Lentze's "Lafayette in Prison" and 
superb worlis by Lefebvre, Corat, Courbet, Daubigny, Vibcrt, Worms, 
De l.eauniont, Landelle, Rico, Leloir, Pahnaroli, Perrault, Luminals; 
Clairin, Alvarez, Rossi, Simonetti, Jacquet, Pallet, &;c., &c., &;c. 



S. GIFFORD SLOCUM, 

Broadway cor. Caroline St. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. T. 

Architectural Terra Cotta Desijfns, &c., Decorative Designs. 

H. P. OLMSTEAD, 

Manufacture)' of and Who/enale and Retail Denier iti Fine Quality 

COJ^SETS, BUSTLES, HOOP SKIRTS, ETC. 

yPECIAI/riES IN ABDOMINAL AND SKIRT-SUPPORTINO CORSETS, 

No. 6 Ka«t 1 ith. St., (Parlor .Floor.) 

Third Door East of Fifth Avk., NEW YORK. 

Corsets and Crinoline of all kinds duplicated and made to order. 
jt^°* Circulars and Price List ot" our New Patent Corset furnished on appli 
cation. (Established i860.) 

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JS -A. H. A . T O Gi- .A. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, X. T. 

SsirsLtogsi St sir Spring VsT'a.ter. 

Sold OIL Draiii>lit aud In ISottlcis. 

In Cases, quarts 2 dozen 

In Cases, pints 4 dozen 

This Water contains 2 grains Iodine, and 14 grains Bromide in each quart. 

SOLD ON DRAUGHT AND IN BOTTLES. 

By Dealers and Druggists throughout the United States and Canadas. 

Orders to dealers or to the Company promptly filled. 

This is the only Spring in Saratoga that is tubed in the rock, which is of itself 
sutilicient recommendation to warrant it as the purest of mineral waters. 

D. H. r OUTER, Br op, 

Putnam Springs and Baths, 

The only Mineral Baths in Saratoga. Every facility is offered for bathing 
ENTRANCE ON PHILA ST. 
Opposite U. S. Hotel. S. WRIGHT, Prop. 

"A" spring! 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, 

Sold in bottles, also in Block tin lined barrels. Can 
be had of most Drnggists, or direct from the Spring. 

WM, K, YOUNG & CO,, Sole Agents, 

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SARATOGA KISSINGEN. 










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Acting- on the Liver, Kidneys and Blood. As a solvent is particularly effectual 
in catisini? the disintegration of Stone or Calculi. For sale in cases, or by the 
barrel. Address 

D. E. LAJVCASTER, Manager. 
V. 0. Box 731. Saratoga Springs, or New York City, N. Y. 



RED SPRING, 

This Spring, so widely and justly celebrated for its curative proper- 
tics, is located just north of the Empire Spring. The effect of the 
Water as an alterative is far superior to that of any otLer Spring. 

This Valuable Water Is Bottled, and Ship- 
ped to all parts of the World! 

Adiress 

THE RED SPRING CO. 

Saratoga, Ne\A;' York 
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Champion Spouting Spring. 

Asa Cathartic and Alterative this Water stands superior to all, and 
IS au invaluable remedy for the following diseases, viz: 

Constipation, Torpid Liver, 

ALL FORMS OF 

Kidney Difficnlties, Dyspepsia, 

and its attendant diseases. 

The Champion Water contains MORE CARBONIC ACID GAS 

ilian any other, and is 

Bottled exactly as it flows from the Spring, without 
any Artificial Manipalation whatever. 

Champion Water is furnished to druggists in Block tin lined bar- 
rels to place on draught, and in cases of 4 dozen Pints and 2 dozen 
Quarts. 

For prices and other information apply to 

D. KENNEDY, Superintendent, 

Champion Spouting Spring, 
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



This Water can be had by the Bottle, Dozen or Case, at 

47 & 49 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, and 

C. B. SHAFER, Agt, 1010 F, St., Washington, D,C. 

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Geyser Spring. 

CATHARTIC, 

ALTERATIVE, 

DIURETIC. 

A high authority siys: "The Geyser Spring Water is 
the best adapted for Liver and Kidney Diseases, and is 
applicable to a greater number of persons than any 
spring at Saratoga." 

For Dyspepsia this water is unrivalled. It contains 
more Soda and Magnesia combined (220.575 grains) than 
any other Saratoga Spring water, and is especially re- 
commended for use to those subsisting on a milk diet. 

It is the only Saratoga Water bottled without loss of 
its Natural Carbonic Acid Gas, and that drinks from 
the bottle as fresh as at the Spring. " No AViiter 
keeps its virtue in a bottle better than 
Geyser." 

GEYSER SPRIi^G CO., 

Saratoga Sprhiffs, J^, T. 

Allen W. Evarts, Pres't 
Geo. E. Settle, Treas. 
FiiANK JoN^ES, Sec^y. 

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SARATOGA VICHY SPRING 

The only Alkaline Water 

found at Saratoga, and a specific in those troublesome 
affections arising from 

Acidity of the Stomach, Dyspepsia, Kid- 
ney and Bladder Difticulties. 

This water contains more Bicarbonate of Soda (82,873 
grains,) and is more highly impregnated with carbonic 
acid gas, and more agreeable to the taste, than any other 
Saratoga water. 

An excellent table water. 

Of all the mineral waters d^'veloped from the great 
Saratoga vein, the Saratoga Vicliy alone is adapted 
for table use. It may be talcen before, after or while eat- 
ing. It is superior to the French Vichy, and mixes 
readily with all wines. The carbonic acid gas, in com- 
bination with the peculiar mineral properties with which 
the water is impregnated, imparts a most agreeable pun- 
gent taste, making it a grateful, refreshing and slightly 
exliilerating beverage. This is not a Cathartic water, 
and can be drank at all times with its characteristic ef- 
fects, viz: as a Nervous Stimulant, and in diseases of the 
Stomach, Kidneys and Bladder. 

The only water that is sold on draught and in bottles, 
by all the Druggists of Saratoga. 

All genuine Saratoga Vicliy is put up in glass 
bottles, with the name of spring and large '' \ " in 
raised letters blown in the glass. 

C^^Also in block-tin lined barrels for draught pur- 
poses. 

All orders should be addressed to the 

SAEATOCiA VIOHY SPEING CO., 

SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y. 

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Hlgl E@€t ipriM; 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



The oldest Spring in Saratoga. Visited by Sir William 
Johnson in 1767. Tlie High Rock is the father of all the 
healing waters in Saratoga. 

This water is especially adapted for diseases of the 

It is a superior Tonic and Cathartic as well as Alterative. 
It is particularly useful in 

Dyspepsia, Constipalion, Rheumatism and Scrofula. 

Also for Billiousness, Acidity of the Stomach, Feverish 
Irritation, and Headache. 

High Rock Spring Water is furnished in cases containing four 
dozen pints or two dozen quarts, and in metal lined barrels, contain- 
ing thirty and forty gallons, for use on draught by druggists. 

The water is sold by all the principal hotels, grocers and drug- 
gists throughout the United States and Canada. 

Do not let the bottles stand on end, as by so doing the gas is likely 
to escape, however securely corked, and the water is injured. 

In offering the High Rock Spring Water to the public, the pro- 
prietors rely upon its merits, as proven by use and shown by analysis, 
to be far superior to any mineral water yet offered to the public. A 
fair trial will satisfy the most sceptical that this water is by far the 
most valuable natural medicine in the world. 

A LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THi? TEADE. 

Address all orders and communications to the 

High Rock Spring Co.. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N- Y. 

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Saratoga Spriuis, N, Y. 

The Water of the Excelsior 
Spring is thought to be unequal- 
led by that of any other Spring 
at this world-renowned Water- 
ing Place. 

Its virtues are such as have 
secured it the kigh encomiums 
'of Pliysicians and otliers who 
have used it possessing, as it 
does in an eminent degree. Cathartic, Diuretic, 
Alterative, and Tonic qualities. 

This water produces its beneficial eflfects without the injurious results 
which so commonly follow the use of artificial curatives ; and, as a 
general regulator and preservative of ihe tone of the system, tbe Water 
of the " Fxcelsior" Spring is invaluable, removing and preventing, by 
its aperient and alterative effects, the incipient forms of disease. 

THE "UNION" SPRING 

is situated about one mile east of the Town Hall, Saratoga Springs, near 
the centre of Excelsior Park, and about ten rods north-west of tlie Ex- 
celsior Spring. Tiie Mater of each of the above two Springs is put up 
m Pint aud Quart bottles, and packed in good order tor shipment to 
any part of the world. Pints in boxes of four dozen each, and Quarts in 
boxes of two do/en each. They are also shipped in Lawrence's Patent 
Reservoirs (Barrels lined with pure Block-Tiu), from which Iheyaie dis- 
pensed by our customers at their counters precisely as they flow from 
the springs, without being recharged with gas. 

Dr. Fordyce Barker, of New York, says of the EXCKLSIOR 
WATER: "I make great use of the various Mineral Waters in my 
practice, and I regard the 'Excelsior' Spring Water of Saratoga as the 
best Saline and Alkaline laxative of this class. Sparkling with Car- 
bonic Acid (nis, it is to most persons very agreeable to the taste, and 
prompt in action as a gentle Diuretic and Cathariic." 

FORDYCE BARKER, M. D. 

The Water 'of the UNION SPRING also acts as a Cathartic when 
drank before breakfast ; while, at other times during the day, it is a 
verv agreealde and healthful beverage. 

■ ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. 
■^^i<\.r Descriptive Piimphlits, with Analysis, Prices, etc., ai>l»ly to 



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FRANK W. LAWRENCE, 

Propi-iotor of "Excelsior" and •' Union" Springs, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 



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100 WEST 39th STREET, 

NeAv York. 



Evening, Carriage and 
Walking Dresses. 



I.B©ANT STYJLES 



Exquisite Finish, 

Moderate Prices. 



Goods Found, or Ladies' Own Material used, 



JV A TUBE'S GREAT BESTOBEB. 

This now famous mineral spring, one of tlie strange surprises, the puzzle of tha 
sdentibl and the wonder of all who see it and drink of its efifervesf nt waters, al- 
though discovered but thirteen years ago. in ISfiO, is now known in every English 
speaking na. ion on the globe, and its waters are drank by almost every civilized 
race. Its popularity is steadily increasing, the number of people who visited the 
spring in li-S'i exceeding by many thousands the visitois of the preceding year, as 
shown by the daily register kept at the spring. The etFcct of tha water, taken as a 
cathartic and diuretic for a few weoks, is timpjy magical. It acts directly on the 
stomach and liver, restoring vitality and strength and setting in operation tho weak- 
ened machinery of the system. Annually large numbers of patients are sent hither 
to drink its waters, in most cases receiving p( rmar.ent benefit. It is a notable reme- 
dy for malaria and has received the Indorsement ( f many of the most eminent 
practitioners in the United States, by whom it is regularly prescribed. 'J he follow- 
ing is the letter sent by Prof. C. F- Chandler to Mr. Hathorn, the discoverer of the 
spring, in 1809: 

Froff. Chandler's Letter to ITIr. Hatltorii. 
School of Mines, Columbia College, 49th Stkeet and Fourth Ave. 
Mr. H. H. hathorn, New York, August 9, 1869. 

Deal' Sir: — 

Enclosed please find the report of my analysis of your neio spring. 
The water is very strong, the amount of lithia greater than in 
any spring imter that has yet come to my notice. The amount of 
Bromide and Iodide of Sodium and Carbonic Acid Gas is large. 
Allow me to congratulate you upon the possessisn of so fine a 
property. Tours, 

G. F. CHANDLER. 

Among the many warm testimonials to the excellence of the water are the following. 
Extract from a letter from Surgeon General J. K, Barnes, of the U. S. Army. 

Wafiiixgton, D. C, Febru.'iry 26, 1880 
"Having made a very thorough trial of the wattr from the Hathorn Spring, I am 
convinced of its admirable medicinal properties, and its pleasant eltVct upon tha 
system." 

Montgomery, Alv. 
"This is to certify that I have used, with great benefit, the Hathorn Spring water, 
Saratoga, N. Y., in my practice. Its cathartic and alterative properties are very su- 
perior, and we must say that it has met the goneral recommendation of the gentle- 
men of the State. ' E. F. MICHAEL, M. D. 
'•President of the Meelioal Association of the State of Alabama. 
"President of the Medical and Surgical Society of Montgomery, Alabama." 

"The Hathorn Spring is already taking a leading jdace for its prompt and certain 
therapeutic properties. In taste and general character this water resembles that of 
the celebrated Ct ngress Spring; it is stronger however, in some of its constituents, 
more piompt and certain in its action, and contains also a bicarbonate of lithia, which 
renders its diuretic properties of great value." — De. Jakes K. Bacon, deceased, lata 
resident physician, ex-President Saratoga County Medical Society, member of New 
Haven, (Conn ), County Medical Society, &c., »fcc. 

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Rupture 

T\T\ T 1 OTTTnniUr 1 \[ fiimous for his successful treatment and cure of 
J n 1 A n n Pi n I A N rapture, for the past thirty years has just 

mil Wi XI • K/axxJXlxiiixxi J returnccUVom his St. Louis office, and may now be 
consulted daily at his principal office, 251 Broadway. 

No man is safe who has a rupture, no matter how insignificant he may consider it, for every 
man who has died fiom it once flattered himself that it was but a triffing ailment, and evtry man 
who now suflFers from it &r.A the injury of trusses to such an estent that life lias no enjoyments, 
once regarded it as unwoi thy of special attention; it is not a stand-still affliction; it is steadily 
progressive, even until K<aih, and he is \^ise who ttkes the necessary steps to le eflFectually re- 
lieved of it befora the day of sufiering and gloom comes upon him. For the benefit of the afflict- 
ed who aie incredulous regarding DR. SHERMAN'S great success, he respectfully submits 
(from amcng scores of aimildr letters) the following convincing proofs: 
\¥ESL.lf:V PHILLIPS' CUKIi:. 

Dr. J. A. SHERMAN— Dear Sir: I am happy to info: m you that I am entirely cured of 

ly large scrotal rupture. It is one year ago to-day that 1 received your treatment. I have 

tested the cure by going without the aji>liai,i;e. My lusines-s is that of a locomotive < nginetr. 

My rupture, as you will recall to your mind, was similar to Mr. Jordan's, in your pamphlet of 

illustrations. 

I was ruptured in the year 1863, while in the army. I have tried spring and elastic trusses 
with great ditcomfort and injury, my rupture always growing worse. Finding I must get some 
relief or give up my I'Usiness, 1 dettrmined to try you as a last resort, and I must say that I 
found your tn a'.ment a complete success. My improvement and cure have, considering my 
terrible condition, sarj.risid my friends as well as myself. During your treatment I have woiktd 
hard in my business, enjoying both safety and comfort, and have not lost a day's work. My 
gen«ral health hiis imjuovtd. I take pleasure in recommending the afflicted to jou wherever I 
have the opportunity. You may publish this letter for the tenetit of humanity. My addiessis 
211 East Forty-Fourth Street. 

With best wishes I remain, yours refpectfully, WESLEY PHILLIPS. 

New York City, October 25th, 1S80. 

DR. KURLEY ABOUT DR. SIll^RiTIAtV. 

W. H. PRESCOTT, E<=q., Boston Mass.— Dear Sir: For the last year I have been living at 
Ferguson, Mo. Yours of the 7ih inst. to hand this a. m., inquiring about Dr. J. A. Sherman's 
treatment. If you have a hernia, or rupture s( metimes called, go by all means and consult Dr. 
Sherman. He has the most perfect cure for it 1 ever met with. He made a perfect cure upon 
my wife. If you see Dr. Sherman present my regards. Tell him to write me. 

Yours respectfnlly, 

Ferguson, Mo., February 11th, 187'J. R. M. KURLEY, M. D. 

^V. A. HOPKINS, NINTH NATIONAL BANK, NKW YORK, 
WRITi:S A BOSTON I.^ai^lKER AS FOLLOWS: 

W. R. KIMBALL, F^q.— Dear Sir: Your letter received and contents noted. I was fully 
cured of my rupture by Dr. J. A. Shtrman about ten years aero; have been a sound man ever 
since. You may rest a.' surcd there. is r.o humbug about the Doctor; that I can vouch for my- 
self. If you are ruptured, I would advise you to place yourself under his treatment, as I know 
you will ntver have cause to regret it.. Respectfully yours, W. A, HOPKINS. 

Ninth National Bank, New Yoik, March 8th. 1879. 

Db, J. A. SuKRMAN can be consulted at his principal office, 
351 BRO^D AV ^ ^5^ , N El ^V Y O H KI , 
Each week, on Mondaj', Tuesday, and Saturday, from 10 to 3. His book, containing statements 
of cure from professional men, merchants and others, with illustrated supplement of photo- 
graphs of bad cases cured, mailed to those who send ten cents. 



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CONGRESS WATER. 



Cathartic and Alterative. It is a well-known specific for Consti- 
pation^ Indigestion, and all disorders of the SUnnach, Liver ajid 
Kidneys. 

I^inety Years' popular use attests its purity, safety and superiority 
to all waters of this class. Avoid all coarse, irritating YiiiiQvs, foreign 
or domestic; they impair the digestive organs and kidneys, thereby in- 
ducing irreparable results. 

C^ None Oenuine Sold on Draught. 

Address, CONGRESS AND EMPRIE SPRINGS CO., 



MEREDITH CLYMER, M. D. 

Late Profrssor of Practice of Medicine in the University 
of Niw Yark, etc. 

Prof. Clymer, writing on Lithcemia (Acid Dyspepsia), says: 

"Of the different natural Alkaline Mineral Waters named no one fulfills as well so 
many of the required iudicatltins in the tiealnient of this ehroj ic dlp< nler as the 
water of the Congref s Pjirlnp, at Saralojra. Whilst oth* r waters containing many of 
the salts found in this may, sometimes, be used in like cases tempomrily without 
harm; their prolon^red use is sure to be attended with unp'easant eHects, even in 
younj; persons, and those otlierwise with sound orpans. on account of th( ir harshneHv, 
but in persons where degen«rative changes already exist in the kidneys and other 
orfe'an", and in old persons, wh«re such chanees a-e constantly j)re8ent, I have re- 
neatcdiy known most disastrous consequences follow the use of the stronger and 
narsh, waters, both native and imported, when tak< n in full do^ei and for any length 
of time. In an experience cf over forty years with Conpr«8s Spring Water (and 
M-hich to-day is as perfect in its chemical constitution and in its remedial properUes 
as at any pre\ ions time), I havo not known a single Instance where, when used In 
suitable cases, any unplea3;int effects followed its habitual use at any age. This 
harmlessness, as well as its efficiency, may, Ithink.be rightly attilbuted to the 
happy proportions in which the various alka'ioe salts which enter into its compositon, 
and which are so potent for pood in this class of disorders, are combined, and which 
in their treatment make Congress \fater/acile prlnceps amongst the natural mine- 
ral waters. 

"It is nut alone as a Cathart'c and LaxaMve that the Congress 8pring Water is of 
gnat worth in the management of these affVctions (and as such its action is mild and 
) rompt), but it is wlien used conLlnuously and in less quantity that we derive bo 
much benefit, wiihout risk to the patient, as an alterative and regulator of the dl- 
gi stive functions.'* 



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